FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino: James Comey 'brought shame to the FBI again' with '86 47' post

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino issued a sharp and inhabitants condemnation of the bureau's former director James Comey Saturday accusing Comey of disgracing the agency as administration investigate Comey s controversial Instagram post In a report posted to X Bongino mentioned Comey s actions are another example of failed leadership that continues to haunt the agency Former FBI Director James Comey brought shame to the FBI badge yet again this past week Bongino wrote The Director and I spend an inordinate amount of time cleaning up messes left behind by former Director Comey And his latest actions are no exception TRUMP SAYS COMEY KNEW 'ASSASSINATION' MEANING BEHIND DELETED SOCIAL MEDIA POSTComey dismissed by President Donald Trump in sparked outrage after posting a photo to social media Thursday showing seashells arranged to say a phrase widely understood to mean to get rid of the th president Though Comey later deleted the post and claimed it was misunderstood various including Trump say the meaning was clear He knew exactly what that meant A child knows what that meant Trump mentioned Friday on Fox News If you re the FBI director and you don t know what that meant that meant assassination and it says it loud and clear Comey offered a follow-up message online saying he didn t realize various folks associate those numbers with violence and that it never occurred to me Bongino strongly rejected that explanation describing it as part of a larger pattern of misconduct In his post Bongino wrote FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY MEETS WITH SECRET ORGANIZATION AFTER CONTROVERSIAL ' ' POST As the Deputy Director of the FBI I am charged standing with Director Patel with managing the the majority powerful law enforcement agency in the world The Director and I are also responsible for looking at grave mistakes made by people within the FBI in the past and ensuring they never happen again He stressed the FBI's continuing commitment to supporting federal law enforcement partners inspecting any threats involving citizens officers past or present While the FBI does not have primary investigative responsibility for assessing threats against the POTUS and we do not make prosecutorial decisions we do have the ability and authority to advocacy other federal agencies for violations of federal law Bongino noted And we certainly have a responsibility to comment on matters involving former FBI leaders and accusations of law-breaking The U S Secret Facility has already interviewed Comey about the case FBI Director Kash Patel disclosed in a separate declaration that the bureau is in communication with the Secret Organization and Director Curran Bongino noted that this latest disagreement is part of a general legacy of dysfunction inherited from Comey s leadership which he and Patel are working to fix from the inside out As I ve stated in the past I cannot post openly about all the things the Director and I are doing to change the enterprise but I assure you they are happening Bongino wrote Sadly multiple of those agenda items are the outcome of former Director Comey s poor decision-making and atrocious leadership And to those who doubt me I assure you when you see what the Director and I see from the inside it s even worse Bongino mentioned he chose to post his message now because his scheduled interview with FOX Business anchor Maria Bartiromo which will air Sunday on Sunday Morning Futures was recorded earlier in the week before the Comey post was made inhabitants I m addressing this now rather than on our interview with Maria Bartiromo Sunday because we recorded that interview earlier in the week prior to the case with Comey he explained He closed with a message to the country that echoed his patronage for the law enforcement area and the reforms underway at the FBI God bless America and all those who defend Her he explained CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPBongino a former NYPD officer and longtime Secret Institution agent was appointed deputy director of the FBI earlier this year His leadership under Director Kash Patel reflects a broader effort by the Trump administration to restore accountability and integrity to the FBI after years of what a great number of see as politically motivated misconduct The FBI did not this instant respond to Fox News Digital's request for further comment