Dan Bongino says his very successful podcast and radio show are ‘a lot to walk away from’ to work in government, but that he will ‘proudly’ accept

FBI Director Kash Patel, who was sworn in to the role last week, welcomes Dan Bongino, who will serve as deputy director of the law enforcement agency  Read More

In a memo on Sunday evening, the FBI Agents Association told its 14,000 members that new director Kash Patel had assured them that he would follow tradition and name a career special agent with operational expertise as his deputy director.

His podcast, The Dan Bongino Show, is the 56th most popular podcast on Spotify and has welcomed Trump as a repeat guest. He will join the newly-appointed bureau director Kash Patel, the latest in a series of loyalist picks that have attracted backlash.

The selection of former Secret Service agent and right-wing media commentator Dan Bongino as deputy to FBI Director Kash Patel places two staunch Trump allies atop the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency.

The former New York City police officer will supervise daily operations and serve under new FBI director Kash Patel.

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that Dan Bongino, a conservative talk show host, will be the next deputy director of the FBI. Bongino will join Kash Patel, who was recently confirmed by the Senate as director of the FBI.

President Donald Trump announced on social media Sunday that Dan Bongino, conservative talk show host and Palm City resident, will be the deputy director of the FBI. Bongino was named to the role by FBI Director Kash Patel,

Di former New York City police officer go supervise daily operations and serve under new FBI director Kash Patel.

There will still be an institution called the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but with Kash Patel and Dan Bongino at the helm, it will not be the FBI.

Bongino’s selection to serve under Kash Patel places two staunch Trump allies atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency.