Former secret service broker and conservative media figure Dan Bongino serves as deputy director of the FBI
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dan Bongino, a former U.S. Secret Service (AP), has written the best-selling books, failed the campaign and became a conservative on TV shows and popular podcasts He sent an expert and was elected as the deputy director of the FBI.
President Donald Trump announced his appointment in an article on his truth social platform Sunday night, praising Bongino as “a man with love and passion for our country.” He said This news is “good news for law enforcement and American justice.”
When Democrats fear that the president can seek to target opponents, the choice puts two determined aces on the top of the U.S. Prime Minister’s federal law enforcement agency. Bongino will serve under Kash Patel, who served as FBI director at the White House on Friday, and he said he intends to reshape the agency, including from Washington headquarters relocates hundreds of employees and places greater emphasis on the FBI's traditional crime-strike duty.
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The deputy director serves as the second judge of the FBI and is traditionally a professional broker responsible for the bureau's daily enforcement actions.
Bongino, 49, became one of the leading figures in the political movement that made America great again to spread the issue of False information about the 2020 election.
In the years after Rush Limbaugh's death in 2021, he was selected as a prominent commentator to perform radio shows.
Bongino worked at the New York Police Department from 1997 to 1999, and then joined the Secret Service. According to Spotify, he began commenting on Fox News and had a Saturday night show with the network from 2021 to 2023. According to Spotify, he is now the host of Dan Bongino Show, one of the most popular podcasts.
Bongino ran for the U.S. Senate seat in 2015 in 2015 in 2014 and 2016 in Congress in Maryland and Florida. He lost three games.
In an interview last fall, Bongino asked Trump to commit to a committee to reform the Secret Service, calling it a “failed” agency and criticized the two assassinations.
Bongino said of the man authorities said, “That guy shouldn't have been you.” He was camped outside Trump's golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, and he was spotted by a rifle.
In the same interview, Trump praised Secret Service agents, who saw the barrel of the rifle come out of the bush.
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Associated Press writer Ali Swenson in New York contributed to the report.
