After a nine-month stint helping run the FBI, former deputy director Dan Bongino is a podcaster once again.

On Bongino’s first show back on Monday, President Donald Trump briefly dialed in, offering Bongino — who resigned from the agency in December — well wishes.

But otherwise, the episode was more of a two-hour monologue that saw Bongino attempting to skewer old enemies — namely the mainstream media — and reconnect with the masses that launched his name, years ago, into the MAGA stratosphere.

“The podfather is back,” he declared, “and I’m here to take back this movement.”

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