Dan Bongino, a conservative commentator and former Secret Service agent, will serve as the next deputy director of the FBI.
FBI Director Kash Patel named Bongino for the post, according to President Donald Trump.
Bongino has also previously served as a New York City police officer. He hosts The Dan Bongino Show, one of the biggest political podcasts in the United States. He hosted a show on Fox News until April 2023.
“Great news for Law Enforcement and American Justice!” Trump stated in his post, adding that the podcaster is “willing and prepared to give up” his show to take on the new role.
Bongino was among several conservative media personalities who led the way in questioning the Trump-Russia narrative which dogged President Trump during his first term in office. As part of that commentary, he offered sharp criticism of the conduct by the leadership of the FBI and the Department of Justice as well as those who ran the investigation of the president and his associates.
“Thank you Mr. President, Attorney General Bondi, and Director Patel,” Bongino wrote on Truth Social.
“Kash Patel is there for one reason. He is there to make the FBI great again. Folks, if we do not have a credible deterrent to spies in this country, counterintelligence to terrorists that are planning plots here openly, some coordination entity for both transnational and interstate crime, we’re not going to have a country,” Bongino said. “Kash is committed to that and not only.”
