WASHINGTON — FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday that he will resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and was forced to reconcile the realities of his law enforcement job with provocative claims he made in his prior role as a popular podcast host.
Dan Bongino, FBI deputy director, speaks Dec. 4 during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington.
This undated photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows former President Bill Clinton, center, Ghislaine Maxwell, center right, and Jeffrey Epstein, right, with Clinton's signature at the top of the photo.Â
House Oversight Committee
This undated, redacted photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows Donald Trump standing with a group of women.Â
House Oversight Committee
This undated, redacted photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows Steve Bannon, left, talking with Jeffrey Epstein.Â
House Oversight Committee
This undated photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein taking a photo together.Â
House Oversight Committee
This undated photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows Jeffrey Epstein, left, with his lawyer Alan Dershowitz.Â
House Oversight Committee
This undated photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows Dean Kamen, left, Jeffrey Epstein, center, and Richard Branson.Â
House Oversight Committee
This undated photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows Larry Summers, left, his wife, Elisa New, center, and Woody Allen on an airplane.Â