Dan Bongino weighs resigning from FBI
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Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino has told people he is considering resigning amid a major clash between the FBI and DOJ over the continued fallout from the release of the Jeffrey Epstein memo, several sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
Sources told ABC News that Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino's future is uncertain after a confrontation with AG Pam Bondi over the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
According to the news network, in the wake of MAGA outrage following this week’s DOJ and FBI announcement that there was no evidence of the long-rumored list of clients once held by the deceased American financier, child sex offender and sex trafficker Epstein, Bongino had been considering his exit over tensions with Bondi.
The FBI is investigating former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey for possible false statements to Congress following a referral from the current CIA Director John Ratcliffe,
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The FBI has launched criminal probes into former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey, Fox News Digital reported on Tuesday, citing sources.
Trump ally Laura Loomer, who has been calling for Bondi’s sacking for weeks, wrote on X that the Attorney General had “brought total embarrassment” to the president, Vice President JD Vance, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Bongino.
The Senate bill is on pause after GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski backed an amendment from Democrats to block Trump's plan to keep the FBI headquarters in Washington.