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FBI Creates Multiagent Bodyguard Team to Protect Dan Bongino

The former pro-Trump podcaster is the first deputy director to have a security detail. Full-time protection could require up to 20 agents, former officials said.

The FBI has issued a call for agents to voluntarily serve as bodyguards for Deputy Director Dan Bongino, a break from past practice in which the bureau’s No. 2 officials did not have security details, two current and two former FBI officials familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and New York police officer who became a wealthy pro-Trump podcaster, harshly criticized the bureau for years before President Donald Trump chose him to be deputy director.

Bongino, the first deputy director in FBI history who is not a career agent, has pledged to act in a nonpartisan manner.

Read the rest of the story at NBC News.

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