FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino: James Comey 'brought shame to the FBI again' with '86 47' post
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino issued a sharp and inhabitants condemnation of the bureau's former director James Comey Saturday accusing Comey of disgracing the agency as officials investigate Comey s controversial Instagram post In a comment posted to X Bongino mentioned Comey s actions are another example of failed leadership that continues to haunt the agency Former FBI Director James Comey brought shame to the FBI badge yet again this past week Bongino wrote The Director and I spend an inordinate amount of time cleaning up messes left behind by former Director Comey And his latest actions are no exception TRUMP SAYS COMEY KNEW 'ASSASSINATION' MEANING BEHIND DELETED SOCIAL MEDIA POSTComey dismissed by President Donald Trump in sparked outrage after posting a photo to social media Thursday showing seashells arranged to say a phrase widely understood to mean to get rid of the th president Though Comey later deleted the post and claimed it was misunderstood various including Trump say the meaning was clear He knew exactly what that meant A child knows what that meant Trump announced Friday on Fox News If you re the FBI director and you don t know what that meant that meant assassination and it says it loud and clear Comey offered a follow-up announcement online saying he didn t realize certain folks associate those numbers with violence and that it never occurred to me Bongino strongly rejected that explanation describing it as part of a larger pattern of misconduct In his post Bongino wrote FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY MEETS WITH SECRET AMENITY AFTER CONTROVERSIAL ' ' POST As the Deputy Director of the FBI I am charged standing with Director Patel with managing the the majority powerful law enforcement agency in the world The Director and I are also responsible for looking at grave mistakes made by people within the FBI in the past and ensuring they never happen again He stressed the FBI's continuing commitment to supporting federal law enforcement partners analyzing any threats involving population administrators past or present While the FBI does not have primary investigative responsibility for examining threats against the POTUS and we do not make prosecutorial decisions we do have the ability and authority to promotion other federal agencies for violations of federal law Bongino reported And we certainly have a responsibility to comment on matters involving former FBI personnel and charges of law-breaking The U S Secret Operation has already interviewed Comey about the case FBI Director Kash Patel mentioned in a separate announcement that the bureau is in communication with the Secret Operation and Director Curran Bongino noted that this latest argument is part of a general legacy of dysfunction inherited from Comey s leadership which he and Patel are working to fix from the inside out As I ve stated in the past I cannot post openly about all the things the Director and I are doing to overhaul the enterprise but I assure you they are happening Bongino wrote Sadly a multitude of of those agenda items are the end of former Director Comey s poor decision-making and atrocious leadership And to those who doubt me I assure you when you see what the Director and I see from the inside it s even worse Bongino disclosed he chose to post his comment now because his scheduled interview with FOX Business anchor Maria Bartiromo which will air Sunday on Sunday Morning Futures was recorded earlier in the week before the Comey post was made constituents I m addressing this now rather than on our interview with Maria Bartiromo Sunday because we recorded that interview earlier in the week prior to the happening with Comey he explained He closed with a message to the country that echoed his endorsement for the law enforcement public and the reforms underway at the FBI God bless America and all those who defend Her he revealed CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPBongino a former NYPD officer and longtime Secret Utility agent was appointed deputy director of the FBI earlier this year His leadership under Director Kash Patel reflects a broader effort by the Trump administration to restore accountability and integrity to the FBI after years of what a great number of see as politically motivated misconduct The FBI did not promptly respond to Fox News Digital's request for further comment
