{"id":95349,"date":"2026-01-09T23:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/95349\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T23:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:43:10","slug":"top-fbi-new-york-field-office-official-tapped-to-replace-dan-bongino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/95349\/","title":{"rendered":"Top FBI New York field office official tapped to replace Dan Bongino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Raia, the head of the FBI\u2019s New York field office, will <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/17\/us-news\/dan-bongino-looking-to-ditch-fbi-with-rumored-replacement-waiting-in-the-wings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">replace Dan Bongino<\/a> as deputy director of the bureau, an FBI spokesperson said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Raia, a career agent, was asked to take the FBI\u2019s No. 2 position and he accepted, the bureau spokesperson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Raia will report to Washington, DC, on Monday to start the new job.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38143013\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/christopher-g-raia-fbi-new-117114928.jpg\" alt=\"FBI New York Assistant Director in Charge Christopher G. Raia.\" class=\"wp-image-38143013\"  \/>Raia has been with the FBI since 2003. Stephen Yang for the NY Post<\/p>\n<p>As deputy director, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/10\/us-news\/feds-roll-out-first-of-its-kind-new-york-task-force-to-fight-evolving-transnational-organized-crime\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Raia<\/a> will assist FBI Director Kash Patel and Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey manage the bureau\u2019s more than 30,000 employees.<\/p>\n<p>Raia\u2019s hiring means the unusual<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/18\/us-news\/missouri-ag-andrew-bailey-stepping-down-to-become-fbi-co-deputy-director\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> three-person leadership structure<\/a> at the FBI \u2013 implemented when Bailey was hired in August amid <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/14\/us-news\/fbi-deputy-director-dan-bongino-back-at-work-amid-epstein-files-drama-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reports of infighting at the bureau<\/a> surrounding the handling of an investigation into pedophile Jeffrey Epstein \u2013 will remain in place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new deputy director has been with the bureau since 2003 and served as the FBI\u2019s top counterterrorism official before leading the New York Field Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear who will replace Raia in New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Raia\u2019s predecessor at the New York field office, James Dennehy, was forced to retire in March as part of sweeping changes to the bureau made by the Trump administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38143015\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dan-bongino-fbi-deputy-director-117535601.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Bongino, FBI deputy director, speaking at a news conference.\" class=\"wp-image-38143015\"  \/>Bongino reportedly had a falling out with Trump administration officials over the handling of the Epstein files.  AP<\/p>\n<p>Bongino announced in December that he would leave his position at the FBI in January, after less than a year on the job.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank President Trump, AG [Pam] Bondi, and Director Patel for the opportunity to serve with purpose,\u201d he wrote in an X post announcing his decision. \u201cMost importantly, I want to thank you, my fellow Americans, for the privilege to serve you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Bongino\u2019s announcement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dan-bongino-leaves-fbi-deputy-director-role-after-less-than-year-returns-civilian-life\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump told reporters<\/a>, \u201cDan did a great job. I think he wants to go back to his show.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christopher Raia, the head of the FBI\u2019s New York field office, will replace Dan Bongino as deputy director&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[153,5970,15914,8041,9,11,10,2038,87,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-95349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-fbi","10":"tag-kash-patel","11":"tag-law-enforcement","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-pam-bondi","16":"tag-politics","17":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}