During his successful re-election campaign, President Donald Trump vowed to shake up and reform the FBI, and he did exactly that with the nomination and Senate confirmation of new FBI Director Kash Patel.

The disruption of the status quo didn't end there, though, as Trump announced on Sunday that he, at the request of Patel, had named former NYPD officer and U.S. Secret Service Agent Dan Bongino as the FBI's next deputy director, according to the Daily Caller.

Reports further indicate that Patel and Bongino are preparing to fire potentially dozens of senior officials and relocate hundreds more from the Bureau's Washington D.C. headquarters to field offices across the country.

Bongino named as FBI deputy director

In a Sunday evening Truth Social post, President Trump announced, "Great news for Law Enforcement and American Justice! Dan Bongino, a man of incredible love and passion for our Country, has just been named the next DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE FBI, by the man who will be the best ever Director, Kash Patel."

"Dan has a Masters Degree in Psychology from C.U.N.Y., and an MBA from Penn State," he continued. "He was a member of the New York Police Department (New York’s Finest!), a highly respected Special Agent with the United States Secret Service, and is now one of the most successful Podcasters in the Country, something he is willing and prepared to give up in order to serve."

"Working with our great new United States Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and Director Patel, Fairness, Justice, Law and Order will be brought back to America, and quickly. Congratulations Dan!" the president said.

In a follow-up post, Trump added, "Another aspect of the life of Dan Bongino that I think is very important. He has a great wife, Paula, and two wonderful daughters who truly love their dad. What an incredible job Dan will do!!!"

In response, Bongino shared a screenshot of Trump's announcement and expressed his gratitude toward the president, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Director Patel.

Was reportedly considered to lead the Secret Service

During the transition period, there were reports that Bongino, given his prior experience with the Secret Service and sharp critiques plus reform ideas for the protective agency, was under consideration by President Trump to be the next Secret Service director.

However, just days after Trump was sworn in, Axios reported that he named Sean Curran, the special agent in charge of his personal protective detail for the past several years, to be the next director of the Secret Service.

Curran replaced former Acting Director Ronald Rowe, who had succeeded disgraced former Director Kimberly Cheatle, who'd resigned amid sharp criticism for the agency's failure to prevent an assassination attempt against Trump at a July 2024 outdoor campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Change at the FBI is already underway

It would appear that rather than tap Bongino's experience with the Secret Service, he instead decided to make use of his familiarity with law enforcement as a former member of the NYPD to help lead the much-needed reformation of the FBI.

According to the Associated Press, that reform began almost immediately, even before Director Patel was confirmed, with the firing of several senior FBI officials and rumors of possible terminations for all agents involved in the politically-motivated investigations and prosecutions of Trump-supporting protesters at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot of 2021.

After Patel was confirmed, the report revealed, he informed top officials at the Bureau that upwards of 1,000 agents at the D.C. headquarters would be reassigned to other field offices across the country while another 500 agents would be relocated to an FBI facility in Huntsville, Alabama, among other impending changes.