The FBI is creating a multiagent security detail to protect Deputy Director Dan Bongino 24 hours a day, including within agency headquarters, NBC News reported Tuesday.
Bongino would become the first deputy director to have such a detail, which could require up to 20 agents, according to the report. The FBI sent out a call, known as a canvas, to agents last week asking for volunteers to peel off their normal duties to guard Bongino as part of a “temporary duty assignment,” meaning there would be multiple groups of agents that would rotate, NBC News reported.
Bongino is a former Secret Service agent and New York police officer who could carry a firearm but has opted against that, preferring the detail, according to the report.
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