On Monday, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel welcomed Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as a co-deputy director of the FBI, a surprise decision that signals an uncertain future for Bongino, who will now share that role.

Pam Bondi has "won the power struggle" over Dan Bongino amid blowback over the DOJ's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein probe, a new report reveals.

Andrew Bailey's name was first floated during the Trump presidential transition as a possible attorney general pick.

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.