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.
Former Fox News personality and conservative commentator Dan Bongino has been appointed deputy director of the FBI, former President Donald Trump announced Sunday night.
Donald Trump is considering several candidates to lead the U.S. Secret Service, including a right-wing media personality and current and former members of his Secret Service detail, following the agency’s failure to prevent two alleged assassination attempts on him this summer.
A former Secret Service agent, who considers himself a “die-hard” conservative, said it’s ludicrous to believe Hillary Clinton has a body double – a conspiracy theory that has gained traction on social media.
Bongino, an author who often resorts to hyperbolic, partisan language, condemned Sanders on Facebook.
