While President Donald Trump has long vowed to “drain the swamp,” it’s clear that a number of snakes are still lurking in D.C.’s shadow even this far into the president’s second term.

And that’s precisely the language former FBI Director Dan Bongino used to describe the individuals serving in the bureau who engaged in leaking and other nefarious activities.

He appeared on a podcast with Sean Hannity recently and shared the tactic he used during his time at the FBI to catch such leakers in the act.

Fox News provided details:

He explained that half of the bureau consists of agents he felt “honored” to be in the room with, including those working in Violent Crimes Against Children (VCAC) and violent crime fugitive task forces. But on the other side of the FBI, Bongino had a different view.

“And then you had this other FBI,” Bongino said, adding, “which was populated with, to say, unfortunately, ‘snakes’ is being nice.”

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He said it was difficult for him and Patel to determine which agents fit each category, noting it was not “always obvious.” He added they sometimes relied on outside sources to vet agents, but those efforts were not always accurate.

“You’re trying to figure this out, and you’re asking someone for advice, you’ve only been there a couple weeks, and you don’t know if that person is part of the good FBI or the bad FBI,” Bongino said.

“It happened a couple times where they’d say, ‘Oh, you can trust John Smith.’ And you trust John Smith, and then a week later you see a leak in the media and you’d be like, ‘I’m pretty sure that came from John Smith,’” he added.

To root out these individuals, Bongino described a tactic he used to identify leakers. He made up an “innocuous” detail about his schedule in hopes it would be leaked. When it appeared in the media, he was able to confront the person with whom he shared it.

“It was like we would play this little game,” Bongino said.

The Hill reported in December on leaks from the FBI about supposed issues under both Bongino and current FBI Director Kash Patel:

The 115-page report includes criticism of Patel from active-duty and retired FBI agents and analysts, with one source describing the bureau as a “rudderless ship” under the first-year director.

Here is what to know about the report:

The report consists of analyses of the FBI from Feb. 21 through Aug. 21, the first six months of Patel’s tenure.

One source described Patel as “in over his head,” while another said Bongino is “something of a clown.”

Patel, who served as principal deputy director of national intelligence and chief of staff to former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller during President Trump’s first term, was depicted as inexperienced. One source said he “lacks the requisite experience” or the “measured self-confidence” to do the job.

Both he and Bongino were also criticized in the report for “spending too much time on social media and public relations.”

And media reports to this date continue to cite largely anonymous leaks when reporting on the FBI and other facets of the Trump administration:

It’s apparently serving as fodder for more organized Democratic Party-aligned organizations:

Here’s the full text from the post above:

BREAKING: Hoping to find dirt on FBI Director Kash Patel, leftwing Democracy Forward–chaired by Hillary’s top Russiagate operative Marc Elias–today FOIA’d FBI HQ for Patel’s records, including his calendars and “all electronic communications by any FBI officials serving on Director Patel’s security detail concerning being unable to reach or wake Director Patel.” Key search terms include:

I. Alcohol
II. Asleep
III. Drunk
IV. Drinking
V. Hungover
VI. Inebriated
VII. Intoxicated
VIII. Merchandise
IX. Sleeping
X. “Won’t wake”
XI. “Wake him”
XII. Unresponsive
XIII. “Passed out”

And here’s the full interview with Bongino:

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