Dan Bongino says on his show that Wilkins "was falsely labeled a Mossad spy"
Dan BonginoHost of The Dan Bongino Show and former FBI deputy director, on his show
On his show on March 25, 2026, Dan Bongino read from Wilkins's thread on a coordinated online campaign and repeated in his own voice that she "was falsely labeled a Mossad spy," adding "Insanity." He then said: "Is there a lawsuit about it? I don't know. I don't ask questions about it." He praised the thread for presenting data.
Responding to
Wilkins's complaint against Seraphin says she "is not now and never has been an agent for any intelligence agency" and "has never set foot in Israel."
“She was falsely labeled a Mossad spy. Insanity. I don't know what's going on with that.”
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Where this statement fits
Is Alexis Wilkins a foreign 'honeypot' agent, as Kyle Seraphin and other commentators suggested?
Since early 2025, online commentators have suggested that Alexis Wilkins, the country singer engaged to FBI Director Kash Patel, is an Israeli or Mossad "honeypot" sent to compromise him. Podcaster Kyle Seraphin said on August 22, 2025 that Patel's girlfriend is "a former Mossad agent" (he did not name her; a court found the remarks referred to her), Sam Parker raised the idea through questions in a February 2025 X thread, and Elijah Schaffer posted her photo under a thread about female Mossad operatives. Wilkins says she has never been an intelligence agent and has never been to Israel, and she sued all three for defamation. A Florida court let the Schaffer suit proceed, the parties then reported a tentative agreement and jointly dismissed it with prejudice, and on September 9, 2026 Schaffer posted a retraction saying she "is not, and has never been, a foreign intelligence operative"; a Utah court dismissed the Parker suit for lack of jurisdiction; the Seraphin suit is pending after the court denied his motion to dismiss. As of October 5, 2026, we found no evidence offered by anyone that Wilkins has worked for any intelligence service, and no court has ruled at trial on the claim.
Source and context
Original video
About this source
Bongino discusses Wilkins's March 24, 2026 thread on his show. We heard the segment in a clip of the episode posted on X (https://x.com/MJTruthUltra/status/2036902901382275463) and could not play the full episode. The excerpt is our transcription of that clip.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Before the quotation
Wilkins posted her 13-part thread on March 24, 2026. Candace Owens mocked it that night.
After the quotation
Wilkins said the full dataset behind her thread would be published later; we did not find it as of October 5, 2026.
How this statement is classified
The label describes this statement's response within the context above.
Why this label?
The reference point is the proposition that Alexis Wilkins is, or was, a foreign intelligence agent, specifically an Israeli or Mossad "honeypot" in a relationship with Kash Patel to compromise him. Bongino repeats in his own voice that Wilkins was "falsely labeled" a Mossad spy and calls the claim "Insanity," which says the proposition is false, so we used Denied. The closest competing label is Challenged the characterization, and it is a real alternative: he is restating her thread, and he adds "I don't know what's going on with that." Denied wins because he says "falsely" as his own statement before adding that remark. Evidence level: our transcription of a clip of the episode posted on X; we could not play the full episode.
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More from this case
Read the full caseJake Shields responds to Schaffer's retraction: "I'm glad Elijah cleared that up"
“I'm glad Elijah cleared that up Alexis Wikins is not an Israeli honeypot and the FBI is not funding her lawsuit”Read statement
Schaffer retracts his post and says Wilkins "is not, and has never been" a foreign intelligence operative
“I apologize for that implication because it is false to suggest she is a honeypot. Alexis Wilkins is not, and has never been, a foreign intelligence operative, foreign asset, or honeypot of any kind. There is no factual basis to suggest otherwise. … I retract my September 2025 post in full. The original post has been deleted.”Read statement
Seraphin's answer calls his remarks "opinion, satire, or rhetorical hyperbole"
“Deny. Defendant explicitly defined the term “honeypot” differently than the Complaint alleges. … The statements were expressions of opinion, satire, or rhetorical hyperbole, not verifiable false assertions of fact. … Defendant accurately and off-handedly reported third party allegations.”Read statement
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The Dispute Index. "Dan Bongino says on his show that Wilkins "was falsely labeled a Mossad spy"". First published: 2026-10-06. Last updated: 2026-10-06. https://disputeindex.com/events/4723-on-his-show-on-march-25-2026-dan