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FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to resign next month as bureau’s No 2 official

Dan Bongino plans to leave his role as FBI deputy director after a contentious year marked by clashes over Epstein files and a return to his media career, sources say.

  • Dan Bongino, Deputy FBI Director, has quietly told confidants he will not return to FBI headquarters this month and tentatively plans to announce his resignation on Dec. 19.
  • Backlash over conspiracy claims about Jeffrey Epstein and Jan. 6 has intensified after Dan Bongino, Deputy FBI Director, spread these theories and clashed with Attorney General Pam Bondi.
  • Appointed without prior FBI experience, Dan Bongino, Deputy FBI Director, had been a Secret Service agent and received a security-clearance waiver from Kash Patel, FBI Director, allowing access to highly classified briefings.
  • President Donald Trump publicly confirmed Dan Bongino, Deputy FBI Director's exit Wednesday, saying `I think he wants to go back to his show,` while Andrew Bailey, Missouri Attorney General, shares some duties.
  • Agents are `counting down the days`, one law enforcement source told MS NOW, as a coalition report found the bureau directionless under Patel and Bongino.
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Dan Bongino decided not to continue serving as deputy director of the FBI and, in advance, announced that he will leave the agency next month

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In the US, Deputy FBI Director Bongino announced his resignation.

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Washington Times broke the news in United States on Wednesday, December 17, 2025.
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