FBI officials were reportedly assured that the bureau's Deputy Director would be selected from the existing pool of agents

President Donald Trump has tapped yet another conservative media personality and conspiracy theorist for a big job in his administration. Dan Bongino, a former U.S. Secret Service agent who later hosted a Fox News show and pilots a popular right-wing podcast,

In a memo on Sunday evening, the FBI Agents Association told its 14,000 members that new director Kash Patel had assured them that he would follow tradition and name a career special agent with operational expertise as his deputy director.

His podcast, The Dan Bongino Show, is the 56th most popular podcast on Spotify and has welcomed Trump as a repeat guest. He will join the newly-appointed bureau director Kash Patel, the latest in a series of loyalist picks that have attracted backlash.

FBI officials are expressing shock over the appointment of podcaster and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino to the bureau’s deputy director position. NBC News’ Ken Dilanian reports on why officials are concerned about Bongino,