Donald Trump appointed Dan Bongino, former Secret Service Agent and “Podcast” as a deputy director of the FBI

President Donald Trump announced the appointment on Sunday night in a publication on his social truth platform, praising Bongino as “A man of incredible love and passion for our country”. He cataloged the announcement as “great news for the delivery of American law and justice.”

The selection places two firm allies of Trump at the head of the main federal agency for the fulfillment of the country’s law at a time when the Democrats have expressed concern that the Republican President could try to use the FBI to attack his adversaries.

Bongino will serve under the command of Kash Patel, a loyal to Trump who was sworn as director of the FBI in the White House on Friday and that has pointed out its intention to restructure the agencyincluding the relocation of hundreds of employees of their headquarters in Washington and placing greater emphasis on traditional functions to fight FBI crime.

The deputy director acts as the second in command of the FBI and traditionally he is a career agent responsible for the daily operations of delivery of the agency’s law. The position does not require Senate confirmation. However, Bongino, like Patel, has never served in the FBI, which raises questions about his experience level at a time when the United States faces increasing national security threats.

Natalie Bara, president of the FBI Agent Association, wrote in an internal newsletter to the members sent on Sunday before the bongino selection that Patel had agreed during a meeting in January with her that the deputy director of the FBI “should continue being an active active agent on board, as has been the case for 117 years for many convincing reasons, including the operational experience and confidence of our agents Special ”.

Both arrive at an FBI caught in turbulence, since the Department of Justice in the last month has forced the departure of a group of senior officials of the agency and has made a highly unusual demand for the names of thousands of agents who participated in Research related to the riot of January 6, 2021 at the United States Capitol.

Bongino was part of the presidential services of the then presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, before becoming a popular right figure. Became one of the leading personalities of the political movement “Let’s make the United States big again” (Maga) by disseminating false information about the 2020 elections, which Trump and his allies have continued to maintain that they were marked by generalized fraud, although such statements have been widely rejected as false by judges and the former secretary of Trump Justice, William Barr.