White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt provided a stark warning to Washington insiders who are uneasy about the appointment of Dan Bongino to serve as deputy director of the FBI. The conservative commentator,

Bongino is a former Secret Service agent turned podcaster. Trump said he will serve as the FBI’s deputy director, a role traditionally held by career agents.

Conservative podcast host and commentator Dan Bongino described how it is time for him to “step up” as FBI deputy director, so he can properly restore faith within the FBI and be the change he and many others want to see within the agency.

Bongino’s selection to serve under Kash Patel places two staunch Trump allies atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended President Trump's choice of Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent who until now has hosted an extremely popular podcast, to be the next deputy director of the FBI: REPORTER: One other one on the FBI,

FBI deputy director Dan Bongino is a bombastic podcast host who has never worked at the FBI and has spent years pushing conspiracy theories about the bureau.

Bongino has never served in the FBI. But his rise as a ferociously loyal right-wing influencer is what Trump wanted, says a Trump adviser.

Far-right podcaster Dan Bongino will be the FBI's new deputy director, Donald Trump announced yesterday via The Washington Post. This is the same former Secret Service agent who says that power "is the only thing that matters,

Bongino, a far-right podcaster with a law-enforcement background, has often railed against the FBI, which he will now help lead.

President Donald Trump announced Sunday night that Kash Patel had tapped Dan Bongino to be second-in-command at the FBI, after the Senate confirmed Patel as the bureau’s new director last week.

"Dan Bongino, a man of incredible love and passion ... FBI will come at a time of significant turnover. The head of the Washington Field Office — which oversaw the sprawling Jan. 6 probe ...

The selection of former Secret Service agent and right-wing media commentator Dan Bongino as deputy to FBI Director Kash Patel places two staunch Trump allies atop the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency.