Fbi Deputy Director Dan Bongino Slams New York Times For 'poorly Thought-out Hit Piece'

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino fired backmost astatine The New York Times Saturday for penning a "poorly thought-out deed piece" that criticized changes to nan national rule enforcement agency nether nan Trump administration.

The Times' sentiment piece, published earlier that time and titled "Trump’s Politicized FBI Has Made Americans Less Safe," accused President Donald Trump of redesigning nan FBI to service his ain governmental goals, including done hiring loyalists, attempting to forestall investigations into his friends and by intimidating his governmental opponents.

"Mr. Trump’s playbook for nan FBI is plain to see," The New York Times’ Editorial Board wrote. "He is turning it into an enforcement agency for MAGA’s priorities. Among his galore efforts to weaken American populist and amass much powerfulness for himself, his politicization of nan F.B.I. is 1 of nan astir blatant.

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FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino took to X to antagonistic The New York Times' claims pinch information he says show nan FBI's heightened attraction connected convulsive crime and forbidden migration "is working." (Reuters)

"Mr. Trump’s politicization of nan FBI has near it little capable to combat terrorism, overseas espionage, biosecurity threats, organized crime, online scams, white-collar crime, supplier trafficking and more."

Bongino took to X to antagonistic nan news organization's claims pinch statistic he says show nan FBI's heightened attraction connected convulsive crime and forbidden migration "is working."

FBI initiatives for illustration "Summer Heat," which serves to region criminals from nan streets, person resulted successful nan execution complaint trending to beryllium its lowest successful U.S. history. Around 14,000 convulsive criminals person been arrested — up 62% from nan aforesaid clip past twelvemonth — successful summation to much than 800 convulsive kid predators and 140 quality traffickers. FBI agents besides locked up complete 50 overseas intelligence operatives for spying and smuggling harmful substances into nan U.S., Bongino said successful nan post.

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"We locked up 1 of nan astir vulnerable gang leaders successful nan county, and we dismantled pack operations successful astir each area of nan country, including nan largest TDA pack takedown ever," Bongino wrote. "We locked up 3 of nan "Top-Ten" astir wanted FBI targets, and we’re closing successful connected another."

Over nan past fewer months, nan FBI has besides seized 22% much illicit narcotics than successful nan aforesaid play past year, including much than 97,000 pounds of cocaine, complete 7,000 pounds of meth and much than 2,500 pounds of fentanyl, he wrote.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and FBI Director Kash Patel. (@FBIDDBongino connected X)

The FBI, alongside national partners, besides helped to imprison and deport much than 18,000 forbidden immigrants, galore of whom had criminal histories. Zero forbidden immigrants were released into nan U.S. from nan separator successful June, and astir 800 rioters were arrested for trying to extremity rule enforcement operations, Bongino said.

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"I’d for illustration to talk much astir immoderate of nan unthinkable activity being done by our counter-terror teams, but nan information, arsenic you would imagine, is classified," he wrote successful nan post. "But I committedness you, it’s happening."

He vanished nan station by writing, "Finally, we are closing successful connected much disclosures and fixing past wrongs to personnel. We’re making judge this is done correctly. But it’s perfectly getting done. Notice really The [New York] Times omitted these information points to show you ‘a story,’ not nan story. And, moreover though it’s an sentiment piece, they should astatine slightest effort to insert reality into it."

In February, Trump announced Bongino, a erstwhile Secret Service agent and NYPD officer, would service arsenic nan adjacent lawman head of nan FBI, calling it "great news for rule enforcement and American justice." 

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President Donald Trump speaks during a news convention astatine nan extremity of nan NATO acme successful The Hague, Netherlands, June 25.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kash Patel, Trump's prime to caput nan FBI, was sworn successful in February aft a constrictive Senate confirmation vote. 

Patel, a vociferous force of nan investigations into Trump and 1 who served astatine nan forefront of Trump's 2020 predetermination fraud claims, vowed during his confirmation proceeding he would not prosecute successful governmental retribution against agents who worked connected nan classified documents lawsuit against Trump and different politically delicate matters. 

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"We diminution to remark and person thing further to add," nan FBI told Fox News Digital successful an email. 

The New York Times did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.