President Donald Trump Speaks At CPAC 2025, National Harbor, Md, United States - 22 Feb 2025] Donald Trump announced his appointment as Deputy Director of the FBI on Truth Social, hailing him as a man of ‘incredible love and passion for our Country’.
A right-wing commentator whose social media posts often rake in more views than Fox and CNN combined has been appointed as Deputy Director of the FBI.
The new head of the FBI is Kash Patel, a former federal prosecutor and critic of the FBI.
Dan Bongino, 50, has run for Congress three times and previously worked with the NYPD and Secret Service, but later pivoted to podcasting.
Normally, long-serving FBI agents are given the role of Deputy Director, which oversees day-to-day law enforcement operations.
