Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino is reportedly preparing to make a decision about his future at the bureau.
According to Fox News, which cites “two sources familiar with his considerations,” Bongino may be departing his role at the FBI, perhaps within weeks. However, one source stressed that he has “not made any decisions yet,” and denied reports that his office is “empty.”
“Bongino’s tenure at the FBI has come under fire in recent weeks, alongside FBI Director Kash Patel. Earlier this month, a report from an alliance of active-duty and retired FBI personnel portrayed the bureau as directionless under its new leadership,” the outlet reported on Monday.
Both Bongino and Patel rejected the reporting and lauded the reforms that have taken place under their leadership, bringing more accountability and public safety to the bureau.
“When the director and I moved forward with these reforms, we expected some noise from the small circle of disgruntled former agents still loyal to the old Comey–Wray model,” Bongino said to Fox News at the time. “That was never our audience. Our responsibility is to the American people. And under the new leadership team, the bureau is delivering results this country hasn’t seen in decades — tighter accountability, tougher performance standards, billions saved and a mission-first culture. That’s how you restore trust.”
“New York Post columnist and Fox News contributor Miranda Devine said last week that an internal 115-page report from FBI active-duty and retired agents and analysts heavily criticized Patel and Bongino since they took on their respective jobs earlier this year,” the outlet explained.
From The New York Post:
A troubling new report card on the first six months of Patel’s leadership concludes he is “in over his head” and his deputy, Dan Bongino, is “something of a clown,” according to the alliance, which in two previous reports warned about crippling DEI and politicization of the FBI during the Biden administration.
The Patel-led FBI is described in the 115-page report as a “rudderless ship” and “all f–ked up.”
Patel is described by multiple internal sources as inexperienced, with one source saying he “has neither the breadth of experience nor the bearing an FBI director needs to be successful.”
Another source, a self-professed Trump supporter, said Patel is “not very good,” “may be insecure,” and “lacks the requisite experience” or the “measured self-confidence” to be FBI director.
Bongino rejected the characterization of his and Patel’s work, claiming that Devine “loves attacking our reform agenda with gossipy anecdotes from disgruntled former employees because she’s upset that her ‘reporting’ keeps falling apart under scrutiny.”
“You can always count on Miranda for a timed hit piece when the Director and I make big changes,” he said in an X post. “Miranda prefers the old-guard. I don’t. Full steam ahead.”
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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