If Kash Patel as FBI Director wasn’t enough, add Dan Bongino to the mix as his Deputy underling.
The dynamic duo of deep-state skepticism will be tasked with taming the federal leviathan of corruption within the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Bongino, if you’re unfamiliar, is a former Secret Service agent who served on details for President George W. Bush and President Obama. Since then, he ran for office a few times unsuccessfully but found his calling as one of the most popular podcasters and conservative radio hosts in the country by inheriting the time slot of the great Rush Limbaugh. Bongino is some genuine firepower Trump is unleashing on the bureaucracy.
What a fun Sunday night announcement:
Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent turned right-wing podcaster, has been named the next deputy director of the FBI, President Donald Trump announced Sunday, the latest outsider media personality the president has chosen to be in a significant position of power overseeing large branches of complex government organizations.
The FBI deputy director traditionally is a position held by a career FBI agent. The choice of Bongino is a sign of the blowback toward the interim FBI leadership over its weeklong standoff with Emil Bove, the acting deputy attorney general, over his demand for names of FBI agents involved in the January 6, 2021, and Trump-related investigations.
Newly confirmed FBI Director Kash Patel had told allies initially that Robert Kissane, the acting deputy director, was the likely pick to keep the job until Kissane and Brian Driscoll, the then-FBI acting director before Patel was sworn in, resisted Bove’s demands, according to people briefed on the matter.
In a post on Truth Social on Sunday night, Trump touted Bongino as a patriot with “incredible love and passion for our Country” and highlighted his extensive background in law enforcement. He also noted that Bongino “is willing and prepared to give up” his popular daily radio show and podcast, “The Dan Bongino Show,” “in order to serve.”
The media is set on calling him a “podcaster” in an attempt to limit his law enforcement expertise and experience. It’s insulting but to be expected. Bongino was one of the foremost experienced subject matter experts dissecting the failed assassination attempts on President Trump’s life last year which his Congressional testimony on the matter reflects. In short, Bongino is well-qualified to handle a role of this scope and brings with him an outsider’s voice to a world that desperately needs it.
Thank you Mr. President, Attorney General Bondi, and Director Patel. pic.twitter.com/bJqIDbWLEE
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) February 24, 2025
Dan will be live today at 11 a.m. ET for what is likely one of his final shows. You can watch below for more on the announcement from the only man with firsthand knowledge of how this all went down and what he expects to tackle in this new role:
Alternate Link: Dan Bongino on Rumble
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