Former U.S. Attorney Joe diGenova told Newsmax on Tuesday that conservative radio host Dan Bongino is the “perfect” complement to FBI Director Kash Patel at the bureau because “they both bring a true belief that we have to get to the bottom of what happened.”

In a Sunday post on social media, President Donald Trump said he has named Bongino as deputy director of the FBI.

“This pin that’s on my lapel has a big ‘S’ on it. It’s an FBI badge with an ‘S.’ That ‘S’ stands for ‘suspendables,'” diGenova said on “American Agenda.” “That means all the FBI agents who were suspended by [former FBI Director] Chris Wray, who were Catholic, conservative, pro-Trump, et cetera.”

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