The conservative commentator Dan Bongino talks about the annual conference of the Conservative Political Action Committee at National Harbor, MD., March 6, 2014.
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Washington – Dan Bongino, a former American secret service agent who wrote the best -selling books, run without success for his functions and was renamed as a conservative expert with television shows and a popular podcast, was chosen for be deputy director of the FBI.
President Donald Trump announced the appointment on Sunday evening in an article on his Truth social platform, praising Bongino as “a man of love and passion incredible for our country”. He described the announcement “a great news for the police and the American justice”.
The selection places two Trump allies firm at the top of the first federal agency for the application of the country’s law at a time when the Democrats fear that the president will seek to target his opponents. Bongino would serve under Kash Patel, who was sworn in as director of the FBI to the White House on Friday and who reported his intention to reshape the office, in particular by moving hundreds of employees from his headquarters in Washington and putting more The focus on the traditional crime of the FBI -tasks.
The deputy director serves as a second commander of the FBI and is traditionally a career agent responsible for the daily operations of the office.
Bongino, 49, sat in the presidential details of the presidents of the time Barack Obama and George W. Bush, before becoming a popular right figure. He has become one of the main personalities of Make America’s political movement again to disseminate false information on the 2020 elections.
For a few years after the death of Rush Limbaugh in 2021, he was chosen for a radio program on the same niche of the famous commentator.
Bongino worked for the New York police department from 1997 to 1999, before joining the secret services. He started making comments on Fox News over ten years ago, and had a Saturday evening program with the network from 2021 to 2023. He is now a Dan Bongino Show host, one of the podcasts More popular, according to Spotify.
Bongino ran for a siege in the American Senate in Maryland in 2012 and for seats in the congress in 2014 and 2016 in Maryland and Florida, after having moved in 2015. He lost the three races.
During an interview last fall, Bongino asked Trump to commit to forming a commission to reform the secret services, calling it a “failed” agency and criticizing it for the two assassination attempts in the year last.
“This guy should have been far from your home,” said Bongino about the man who, according to the authorities, camped in front of the Trump golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, before being spotted with A rifle.
During the same interview, Trump praised the secret service agent who saw the barrel of the rifle coming out of a bush.