Dan Bongino Is Clearing Out His FBI Office After Rocky Tenure
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, Kash Patel’s woefully underqualified number 2, is finally heading out.
The old talk radio announcement On Wednesday, he will leave his post next month, the AP reported. Bongino reportedly told confidants that he had no plans to return to FBI headquarters this year, eight people said. MS NOW.
Donald Trump also confirmed Bongino’s departure during an interview with reporters on Wednesday. “Dan has done a great job. I think he wants to return to his show,” the president said. said.
Bongino, who had no prior experience working for the FBI, spreading conspiracy theories about the office where he would later manage daily operations. He once claimed that the plot to plant pipe bombs at the Democratic and Republican national headquarters on January 6, 2021 reeked of “inside work.”
Patel also reportedly granted Bongino a waiver to circumvent obtain a key security clearancebut the deputy director still had access to highly classified information, such as the President’s Daily Brief, which brings together critical information from the intelligence community.
News of Bongino’s potential departure follows another report that Trump was consider deleting Patel, as the hapless leader’s mistakes begin to pile up. The report also comes amid the FBI’s ongoing manhunt for a mass shooter at Brown University.
This story has been updated.
