JUST IN: Dan Bongino Officially Sworn In As FBI Deputy Director

It’s official: Dan Bongino has just been sworn in as Kash Patel’s Deputy Director of the FBI!

In the role, he will act as Kash’s second-in-command to take down the Deep State restore justice back to America.

Are you ready?!

Check it out:

Dan Bongino getting sworn in as Deputy Director of the FBI. pic.twitter.com/T36pPb3Qzl

— Texas Patriot (@Texasbrn) March 17, 2025

Dan Bongino has been sworn in as deputy director of the FBI. pic.twitter.com/SQgRZcHhjM

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 17, 2025

🚨JUST ANNOUNCED: Dan Bongino has just officially been sworn in as Deputy Director of the FBI.

Congratulations Dan @dbongino

Drain the deep state swamp! Nothing can stop what's coming! pic.twitter.com/3pBZZiqywC

— AJ Huber (@Huberton) March 17, 2025

After officially stepping into the role, Dan Bongino called it an “honor” in this post on X:

It is an honor to serve as Deputy Director for the Federal Bureau of Investigation at such a critical time for our nation.

The American people deserve a justice system that is transparent, accountable, and committed to the rule of law.

My promise to you is that I will work… pic.twitter.com/SY5kSr58sl

— Dan Bongino (@FBIDDBongino) March 17, 2025

Full text of his post:

It is an honor to serve as Deputy Director for the Federal Bureau of Investigation at such a critical time for our nation. The American people deserve a justice system that is transparent, accountable, and committed to the rule of law. My promise to you is that I will work tirelessly to help restore integrity, eliminate political bias, and ensure the FBI remains dedicated to its core mission of protecting the United States and upholding the Constitution.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna shared the news:

This morning, Dan Bongino has officially been sworn into the FBI.

America, say hello to your new Deputy FBI Chief— the deep state’s worst nightmare has arrived 🔥 pic.twitter.com/9v6S7StC42

— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) March 17, 2025

“The Deep State’s worst nightmare” is right!

Thank you Dan Bongino for answering the call for all Americans. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/QU4FQ2ufqb

— Crazy Vibes (@CrazyVibes_1) March 17, 2025

Strangely, the media has largely been silent on Bongino’s swearing-in.

However, The New York Times briefly covered the story:

In the closing minutes of his podcast, the right-wing provocateur Dan Bongino made a promise. Joining the F.B.I. as its deputy director, he acknowledged, would require a stark change in approach after years of making his name as a pugilistic pundit.

“I have to stay out of the political space because it’s the right thing to do and it’s the rules,” he said on Friday during his last episode. He added, “I’m not going there to be some partisan.”

His arrival on Monday as the F.B.I.’s second in command will test that promise, cementing a major shift at the nation’s premier law enforcement agency, where he joins its director, Kash Patel, in overseeing a bureau of about 38,000 people. It puts two staunch Trump loyalists in charge of an agency long known for its tradition of independence. Collectively, they have the least leadership experience of any pair overseeing the F.B.I. since its founding more than a century ago.

Already, Mr. Patel has raised eyebrows. He has reversed course on a pledge to install a veteran agent as his No. 2 and works out with a personal trainer inside the F.B.I. He has swiftly moved to restructure the bureau, pushing to decentralize the command structure and reassign many at its headquarters. He has quickly established a ballooning presence for his F.B.I. director account on social media, shooting down a wobbly theory in the right-wing media, which prompted a slew of stories and some astonishment.

n selecting Mr. Bongino, whose experience in law enforcement dates from years ago when he served as a police officer and Secret Service agent, Mr. Patel is breaking from tradition and relying on someone who has little familiarity with the bureau’s inner workings. Indeed, the past five deputy directors had spent an average of more than 20 years in the bureau. Mr. Bongino, by contrast, has never been an F.B.I. agent.

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Best known as a high-octane conservative commentator, Mr. Bongino began his podcast in 2015, catapulting him to right-wing stardom during the 2020 election. Like Mr. Patel and President Trump, Mr. Bongino is from New York.