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'Slap in the face:' Bongino appointment sends shockwaves through FBI

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Dan Bongino , a right-wing podcaster who has never been an FBI agent, is named to serve as Kash Patel's deputy director.

That position oversees day-to- day operations and carries enormous power to supervise investigations across the nation.

" FBI agents’ oaths to support and defend the Constitution will be tested as never before," ex- FBI agent David Laufman says.

The FBI declined to comment.

Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove dismissed six senior FBI executives, sources say.

Bongino said they were being removed for alleged “weaponization” of the Justice Department against Trump and his allies.

The FBI has been shaken by the actions of the acting deputy attorney general.

The bureau's third director in less than eight years .

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