Deputy Director Dan Bongino Officially Resigns From FBI

Bongino said in December that he would step down from the bureau in January.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino (C), accompanied by U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro (L) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Washington Field Office Special Agent in Charge Anthony Spotswood (R), speaks during a news conference on an arrest of a suspect in the January 6th pipe bombing case at the Department of Justice in Washington, on Dec. 4, 2025. Andrew Harnik /Getty Images

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino officially stepped down from his position at the bureau on Jan. 3, hours after President Donald Trump confirmed that Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro was in U.S. custody.

Bongino, responding to a post on X in which he praised the capture of Maduro, said, “It was a busy last day on the job.”