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FBI Deputy Director dan bongino He is set to leave his role next month, ending a brief stint as the bureau’s second-highest official.
“I want to thank chairman Trump, AG Bondy and Director Patel opportunity To serve with a purpose. Most importantly, I want to thank you, my fellow Americans, for the privilege of serving you,” Bongino said on the X.
chairman donald trump Earlier Wednesday, reporters were fielded questions and asked, “Did Dan Bongino tell you why he’s leaving the FBI?”
Trump responded, “Dan did a great job. I think he wants to go back to his show.”
Bongino’s tenure at the department has been in question since July, when he reportedly clashed with the attorney general palm bondi On the failure of the administration to issue Jeffrey Epstein Summer files.
In August, the FBI appointed Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as its new “co-deputy director”, meaning Bongino was to share his duties.
However, Trump and the White House denied the allegations at the time.
“President Trump has assembled a highly qualified and experienced law and order team dedicated to protecting Americans, holding criminals accountable, and bringing justice to victims,” White House spokesman Harrison Fields said in a statement.
“This work is being carried out seamlessly and with unity. Any effort to create division within this team is baseless and distracts from the real progress being made in restoring public safety and achieving justice for all.”
Bongino, 50, was an NYPD officer for two years before joining the Secret Service in 1999, and later worked in the security department for former US presidents, George W Bush and Barack Obama.
Bongino left the Secret Service in 2011 to campaign for a Senate seat in Maryland. At the same time, he began his media career with various incarnations of a radio show that later became The Dan Bongino Show, now hosted on Rumble.
He began contributing political commentary fox news The Saturday night show was “cancelled in USA” shortly after his departure from the Secret Service and with the network from 2021 to 2023. The show saw him interviewing people who he believed had been “canceled” by the media because of their opinions.