FBI DePuty Director Dan Bongino Isous A Sharp and Public Condnation of the Bureau’s Former Director, James Comy, Saturday, Acccing Comy of Disgaring The Agency As Authorities Investigate Comey’s Controuitsial “86” Instagram Post.
In a statement posted to x, Bongino Said Comey’s thecepts are Another Example of Failred Leadership that Continues to Haunt the Agency.
“FORMER FBI Director James Comy Brought Shame to the Fbi Badge, Yet Again, This Past Week,” Bongino Wrote. “The Director and I Spend An inordinate Amount of Time Cleang Up Messenger Left Behind by Former Director Comy. And his Latest Actions are no expression.
Trump Says Comy KNEW ‘Assassination’ Meang Behind Deleted Social Media Post
James Comey, Former Director of the FBI, Pauses During A Bloomberg Television Interview in Salzburg, Austria, June 21, 2019. (Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Comy, Dismissed by Presedent Donald Trump in 2017, Sparked Outege after posting a photo to social media thursday showing seashells arrangeed to say. “Get RID of” The 47th Presentent. Though comy later deled the post and Claimed it was Misunderstood, Many, Including Trump, Say the Meaning Was Clear.
“He KNEW Exactly What that Meant. If you’re the fbi director, and you don’t know what that meant, That Meant ‘Assassination,’ And it says it is loud and clear. “
Comey Offered a Follow-UP Statement Online, Saying he
Bongino Strongly Reject That explorationDescripting it as part of a larger pattern of meconduct. In his post, Bongino Wrote:
FORMER FBI Director James Comy Meets with Secret Service after controlrsial ’47’ post
Dan Bongino at Fox News Channel Studios June 18, 2019, in New York City. (ROY ROCLIN/Getty Images)
“As the DePuty Director of the FBI, I am Charmed, Standing with Director Patel, with Managing the Most PowerFul Law Enforcement Agency in the World. For Looking at Grave Mistakes Made by People with the FBI In The Past, and Ensuring ones Never Happy Again.
He Stressed the Fbi’s Continuing Committing to Supporting Federal Law Enforcement Partners Investigating Any Threats Invling Officials, Past or Prestant.
“Who The Fbi Does Not Have Primary Investigative Responsibility for Investigating Threats Against the Potus, and We Do Not Make Prosecutorial Decisions, We Do HAVE The Ability and Authority to Support Other Feder Agencies for Viology of Federral Law, “Bongino SAID.
“And we centerly have a responsibility to comment on matters involving former fbi officials, and allegations of law-breaking.”
The US Secret Service has already interviewed come about the Incident. FBI Director Kash Patel SAID in a SeparaTe Statement that The Bureau is “In Communication with the Secret Service and Director Curran.”
Bongino Noted that Latest Controversy is Part of a General Legacy of Dysfunction Inharited from Comey’s Leadership, Whiche He and Patel Are Working to Fix from the Inside Out.
“As’ve stated in the past, I cannot post opeenly about all the things the director and I are doing to reform the Enverrise, but I assurate you, they are Happy. “SADLY, Many of Those Agenda Items Are the Result of Former Director Comey’s Poor Decision-Makeing and Atrocious Leadership.
“And to Those Who Doubt Me, I Assure You, where you see what the director and I See from the Inside, It’s Even Worse.”
The Fbi Seal Inside the J. Edgar Hoover Fbi Building in Washington, DC (Brendan Smaliowski/AFP VIA Getty Images)
Bongino Said He Chose to Post HISTEMENT now becasse his schareded interview with Fox Business Anchor Maria Bartiromo, Who Will Air Sunday on “Sunday Morning Futures“ WAS Recorded Earlier in the Week, Before the Comey Post Was Made PubLic.
I’m addressing this now, rackher for our interview with Maria Bartiromo [Sunday]Becuse We Recorded that Interview Earlier in the Week prior to the incubent with come, “He Explained.
He Closed with a message to the country that echoed his support for the law enforcement community and the reforms undway at the fbi.
“God BLESS ARICAA, and All Those Who Defend Her,” He SAID.
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Bongino, a Former NYPD Office and Longime Secret Service Agent, Was appointed DePuty Director of the Fbi Earlier This year.
His leadership und Director Kash Patel Reflects a Broader Effort by the Trump Admination to Restore Accountability and Integrity to the FBI after Years of What Many See As Politically motivated meconduct.
The Fbi Did Not Imediatlyly Respond to Fox News Digital’s request for full comes comment.
