The appointment of Dan Bongino as deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, marks a break from tradition, a DAILY POST fact-check shows. Although Bongino is a law enforcement professional,

There will still be an institution called the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but with Kash Patel and Dan Bongino at the helm, it will not be the FBI.

Several in the intelligence community have expressed concern over Bongino's lack of experience and support for conspiracy theories.