The Trump administration is preparing to relax hiring requirements for FBI agents, raising concerns among current and former officials who fear it will erode the bureau’s reputation and effectiveness.
A former FBI official who helped lead the bureau’s probe into Chinese tech giant Huawei says he was forced out after Trump-appointed leadership questioned his friendship with a former agent critical of the president.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino is raising alarm over what he described as deeply disturbing findings tied to public corruption and the politicization of U.S. law enforcement.
Former President Donald Trump said Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino is doing well despite internal tensions over the Justice Department’s conclusion that there’s no evidence Jeffrey Epstein maintained a secret client list.
Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent turned conservative media figure, drew backlash from fellow Trump allies after acknowledging on Fox News that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide, contradicting years of speculation stoked by the far right.
Former FBI Director James Comey expressed concerns about the bureau’s current leadership, including Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino, during a recent interview with CNN.
The FBI will reopen investigations into three high-profile incidents: the 2023 discovery of cocaine at the White House, the pipe bombs planted near the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and the 2022 leak of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion that led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
New FBI leaders Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, once two of the agency’s fiercest critics, are now calling for reforms from within — using the bureau’s damaged reputation, which they helped shape, as justification for change.
