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He later told Fox host Sean Hannity that he informed Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel, before taking his deputy director post he only wanted to stay on for about a year.
The exchange highlights ongoing political tensions surrounding investigations into the 2016 election and broader debates over the role of government authority in law enforcement.
In his interview with Hannity, Bongino also said he was “proud” of his work at the bureau but legitimately “scared” that a future Democratic regime could target him because of the work that he and FBI Director Kash Patel began to clean up the agency.
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