Dan Bongino, a former conservative podcaster who turned the No. 2 official on the FBI beneath the Trump administration, introduced Wednesday that he’s leaving the bureau subsequent month.
“I will likely be leaving my place with the FBI in January. I need to thank President Trump, AG Bondi, and Director Patel for the chance to serve with objective. Most significantly, I need to thanks, my fellow People, for the privilege to serve you,” he wrote in a put up on X.
Trump appeared to affirm Bongino’s departure earlier Wednesday when requested by a reporter about Bongino’s future as deputy director on the bureau.
“Dan did an incredible job. I feel he needs to return to his present,” Trump stated.
The president tapped Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and NYPD officer turned podcaster, for the put up in February.
NBC Information beforehand reported that Bongino thought-about resigning in July after the FBI and Justice Division issued a joint memo saying they’d accomplished an “exhaustive” evaluate of investigative recordsdata referring to the late intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, and that no different individuals can be charged within the case and the companies wouldn’t be releasing any extra data.
