{"id":4620,"date":"2025-12-17T23:31:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=4620"},"modified":"2025-12-17T23:31:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:31:43","slug":"dan-bongino-stepping-down-as-fbi-deputy-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=4620","title":{"rendered":"Dan Bongino stepping down as FBI deputy director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Dan Bongino has said he will leave his role as the FBI&#8217;s deputy director in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;I want to thank President Trump, AG (Pam) Bondi, and Director (Kash) Patel for the opportunity to serve with purpose,&#8221; Bongino wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">It comes after US President Donald Trump said earlier on Wednesday the former podcast host &#8220;did a great job&#8221; in office, and &#8220;wants to go back to his show&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Bongino, who was appointed to the role by Donald Trump in February, was previously a New York City police officer and a US Secret Service agent.  In recent years, he built a large following through his podcast and other media appearances. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Bongino, a staunch Trump ally, was considered a surprise pick for the role \u2013  which had previously been held by career agents \u2013 because he had no prior experience with the agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The FBI Agents Association, which represents around 14,000 current and former agents, had opposed his appointment to the position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Announcing his decision in a social media post on Wednesday, he said: &#8220;I will be leaving my position with the FBI in January. I want to thank President Trump, AG Bondi, and Director Patel for the opportunity to serve with purpose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;Most importantly, I want to thank you, my fellow Americans, for the privilege to serve you. God bless America, and all those who defend Her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">In July, according to the BBC&#8217;s media partner CBS News, Bongino&#8217;s frustration over the government&#8217;s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files led to a contentious meeting between him and Attorney General Pam Bondi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Dan #Bongino #stepping #FBI #deputy #director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Bongino has said he will l&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[242],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}