Trump announces Dan Bongino will be deputy director of the FBI --Bongino is a former Secret Service agent | 23 Feb 2025 | President Donald Trump announced that Dan Bongino will serve as the next deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). "Great news for Law Enforcement and American Justice," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Sunday night. "Dan Bongino, a man of incredible love and passion for our Country, has just been named the next DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE FBI, by the man who will be the best ever Director, Kash Patel." The president said Bongino has a Master's Degree in Psychology from the City University of New York and an MBA from Penn State.