FBI Agent Group Claims Kash Patel Agreed That His Deputy Should Be a Special Agent: Then Trump Announces He’s Chosen Dan Bongino
Dan Bongino says his very successful podcast and radio show are ‘a lot to walk away from’ to work in government, but that he will ‘proudly’ accept the position.
A group that represents FBI agents is claiming the agency’s newly installed director, Kash Patel, agreed with him that his number two should be an FBI veteran – just before President Trump announced he was tapping Dan Bongino, the podcaster and conservative commentator who’s never served in the FBI, for the position.
The head of the FBI Agents Association, Natalie Bara, wrote in a letter to the FBI community on Sunday that Mr. Patel — who also never served in the FBI — agreed with her that whoever would be named as the deputy director should be someone who is a special agent.
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