Bailey will now serve alongside Bongino in the number-two role, Patel and Bondi confirmed to Fox News Digital, which first broke the story. Bongino, who was appointed as the FBI’s sole deputy director earlier this year, shocked colleagues in July when he largely isolated himself from internal operations following the Epstein files dispute.

Weeks after reports that Bongino was about to resign over the Epstein files, the FBI suddenly has a new “co–deputy director.”

Dan Bongino will be getting another pair of hands to help with the demanding task of being the deputy director of the FBI after President Donald Trump announced that he had tapped Andrew Bailey to serve alongside him.