In February 2025, Dan Bongino was selected by Director Kash Patel to serve as the deputy director of the FBI.

Mr. Bongino’s public service career began with the NYPD in 1995 as a police cadet assigned to assist in investigating pattern criminals. He entered on duty as a police officer in 1997 and served in the 75th precinct until 1999. Mr. Bongino joined the U.S. Secret Service in 1999 as a special agent, where he was assigned to the New York Field Office and subsequently the Melville, Long Island, Resident Office. He received a Department of Justice award for his role in the successful investigation and prosecution of white collar criminals while assigned to the Financial Fraud Task Force. In 2002, Mr. Bongino was assigned to the U.S. Secret Service Training Center, where he taught criminal investigative methods. He was also part of a team of special agents who redesigned the criminal investigative curriculum to reflect current trends and patterns in financial crimes.

In 2005, Mr. Bongino was assigned to the Dignitary Protective Division. In 2006, he was selected to join the elite Presidential Protective Division during the administration of President George W. Bush. Mr. Bongino became one of the earliest tenured agents to have responsibility for an operational section within the presidential detail and remained on presidential protective duty with President Barack Obama. His protection assignments included coordination of President Obama’s visits to Prague, Jakarta, and Afghanistan as the lead agent.