The book by Dan Bongino, the former Secret Service agent who protected President Obama but is now running for Congress citing the administration’s “toxic” nature, has hit The New York Times best-seller list.
Bongino’s “Life Inside the Bubble: Why a Top-Ranked Secret Service Agent Walked Away From It All,” published by WND Books, is ranked No. 13 on the e-book non-fiction list, ahead of Anjelica Huston’s memoir “A Story Lately Told,” and “Let Me Off at the Top,” a memoir in the voice of Will Ferrell’s “Anchorman” character Ron Burgundy.
Bongino is running for Congress in Maryland. He began his career in law enforcement with the NYPD in 1995, joining the ranks of the Secret Service in 1999 as a special agent. In 2006, he entered the elite Presidential Protective Division, working for the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He resigned from the Secret Service in 2011 to run for a US Senate seat in Maryland.
Bongino told Page Six he believes the “toxic” administration is “using government as a weapon exclusively to intimidate enemies.” He added, “We’re in a very dangerous place right now. There are so many scandals going on right now with this administration, any one of them in my opinion could be absolutely catastrophic for what this country stands for.”