Nicole Silverio White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt berated the media for downplaying FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino’s career in law enforcement during Tuesday’s press briefing. The media has amped up Bongino’s role as a conservative podcaster after President Donald Trump tapped him to serve in his new role on Sunday night.
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.
The White House defends two major personnel moves. Over the weekend, President Trump announced 2 major personnel moves – a firing and a hiring. Starting with the hiring, Gray Media’s White House correspondent Jon Decker asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt about the President’s decision to name Dan Bongino as the new FBI Deputy Director.
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,
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt sent a strong message to people in Washington worried about Dan Bongino’s appointment as deputy director of the FBI.
Dan Bongino has been chosen as the FBI's second-in-command, a job that doesn't need Senate confirmation. Here's what to know about the Secret Service agent-turned-conservative media personality.
Ed Martin, Donald Trump’s acting U.S. attorney in D.C., is using the power of the law to politicize media coverage. This is what dictators like Putin do and is a dangerous slide towards