FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino blasts James Comey for ’86 47′ submit

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Having hassle? Click on right here. FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino issued a pointy and public condemnation of the bureau's former director, James Comey, Saturday, accusing Comey of disgracing the company as authorities examine Comey’s controversial "86 47" Instagram submit.

In a press release posted to X, Bongino stated Comey’s actions are one other instance of failed management that continues to hang-out the company.

"Former FBI Director James Comey introduced disgrace to the FBI badge, but once more, this previous week," Bongino wrote. "The Director and I spend an inordinate period of time cleansing up messes left behind by former Director Comey. And his newest actions are not any exception."

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James Comey, former director of the FBI, pauses throughout a Bloomberg Tv interview in Salzburg, Austria, June 21, 2019. (Alex Kraus/Bloomberg through Getty Photos)

Comey, dismissed by President Donald Trump in 2017, sparked outrage after posting a photograph to social media Thursday exhibiting seashells organized to say "86 47," a phrase broadly understood to imply to "do away with" the forty seventh president. Although Comey later deleted the submit and claimed it was misunderstood, many, together with Trump, say the that means was clear.

"He knew precisely what that meant. A toddler is aware of what that meant," Trump stated Friday on Fox Information. "For those who’re the FBI director, and also you don’t know what that meant, that meant ‘assassination,’ and it says it loud and clear."

Comey supplied a follow-up assertion on-line, saying he "didn’t notice some of us affiliate these numbers with violence" and that it "by no means occurred to me."

Bongino strongly rejected that rationalization, describing it as half of a bigger sample of misconduct. In his submit, Bongino wrote:

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Dan Bongino at Fox Information Channel Studios June 18, 2019, in New York Metropolis. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Photos)

"Because the Deputy Director of the FBI, I'm charged, standing with Director Patel, with managing probably the most highly effective regulation enforcement company on this planet. The Director and I are additionally liable for taking a look at grave errors made by folks inside the FBI up to now, and making certain they by no means occur once more."

He confused the FBI's persevering with dedication to supporting federal regulation enforcement companions investigating any threats involving public officers, previous or current.

"Whereas the FBI doesn't have major investigative duty for investigating threats towards the POTUS, and we don't make prosecutorial selections, we do have the power and authority to assist different federal companies for violations of federal regulation," Bongino stated.

"And we actually have a duty to touch upon issues involving former FBI officers, and allegations of law-breaking."

The U.S. Secret Service has already interviewed Comey in regards to the incident. FBI Director Kash Patel stated in a separate assertion that the bureau is "in communication with the Secret Service and Director Curran."

Bongino famous that this newest controversy is a part of a basic legacy of dysfunction inherited from Comey’s management, which he and Patel are working to repair from the within out.

"As I’ve said up to now, I can not submit overtly about all of the issues the Director and I are doing to reform the enterprise, however I guarantee you, they're occurring," Bongino wrote. "Sadly, lots of these agenda gadgets are the results of former Director Comey’s poor decision-making and atrocious management.

"And to those that doubt me, I guarantee you, once you see what the Director and I see from the within, it’s even worse."

The FBI seal contained in the J. Edgar Hoover FBI constructing in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP through Getty Photos)

Bongino stated he selected to submit his assertion now as a result of his scheduled interview with FOX Enterprise anchor Maria Bartiromo, which is able to air Sunday on "Sunday Morning Futures," was recorded earlier within the week, earlier than the Comey submit was made public.

"I’m addressing this now, quite than on our interview with Maria Bartiromo [Sunday], as a result of we recorded that interview earlier within the week previous to the incident with Comey," he defined.

He closed with a message to the nation that echoed his assist for the regulation enforcement group and the reforms underway on the FBI.

"God bless America, and all those that defend Her," he stated.

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Bongino, a former NYPD officer and longtime Secret Service agent, was appointed deputy director of the FBI earlier this 12 months.

His management underneath Director Kash Patel displays a broader effort by the Trump administration to revive accountability and integrity to the FBI after years of what many see as politically motivated misconduct.