Trump taps conservative podcaster Dan Bongino to be deputy FBI director
President Donald Trump announced the selection of conservative commentator and former Fox News host Dan Bongino to serve as deputy FBI director.
President Donald Trump on Sunday announced the selection of conservative commentator and former Fox News host Dan Bongino to serve as deputy FBI director, filling a position typically held by a career FBI agent with an influential media personality who has called for mass firings at the bureau.
Bongino will lead the bureau alongside Kash Patel, who was narrowly confirmed as FBI director by the Senate last week.
"Dan Bongino, a man of incredible love and passion for our Country, has just been named the next DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE FBI, by the man who will be the best ever Director, Kash Patel," Trump said in a social media post. "Working with our great new United States Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and Director Patel, Fairness, Justice, Law and Order will be brought back to America, and quickly."
The position does not require Senate confirmation.
Bongino is a former Secret Service agent and NYPD officer who mounted several unsuccessful bids for Congress before pivoting his focus to media commentary with the launch of his own website in 2019, podcast and radio show, filling a slot once held by Rush Limbaugh.
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