NBC News’ Garret Haake, Fmr. RNC Chairman Michael Steele, Washington Post Senior National Political Correspondent Ashley Parker, New York Times White House Correspondent Tyler Pager, and Fmr. Assistant Manhattan DA Catherine Christian join Katy Tur to discuss.

Dan Bongino, the incoming deputy director of the FBI, suggested last month on his popular podcast that the agency he is now about to help lead was complicit in planting pipe bombs around Washington ahead of the Capitol riot on January 6,

Dan Bongino, Trump's newly appointed FBI deputy director, faces backlash over a viral, disparaging email sent to a Washington Post journalist.

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dan Bongino, a former U.S. Secret Service agent who ran unsuccessfully for office and gained fame as a conservative pundit with TV shows and a popular podcast,

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt provided a stark warning to Washington insiders who are uneasy about the appointment of Dan Bongino to serve as deputy director of the FBI. The conservative commentator,

Bongino is a former Secret Service agent turned podcaster. Trump said he will serve as the FBI’s deputy director, a role traditionally held by career agents.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended President Trump's choice of Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent who until now has hosted an extremely popular podcast, to be the next deputy director of the FBI: REPORTER: One other one on the FBI,

Bongino’s selection to serve under Kash Patel places two staunch Trump allies atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency.

Bongino, a far-right podcaster with a law-enforcement background, has often railed against the FBI, which he will now help lead.