Bongino outlines 'important cultural changes' taking place at FBI

Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino reviewed that there are some "important cultural changes" being implemented within the FBI. 

"The accountability process is ongoing as we move disciplined, and focused, leaders into critical positions in the field. And, we are removing employees who have violated their oaths, and those who invited partisanship into the workplace. The process is ongoing, and will not stop," Bongino wrote in a post on X.

"Yes, as reported, we are making changes to the hiring process, the physical fitness requirements, and we are also looking at ways to enhance our defensive tactics training," he added.

Bongino said he and FBI Director Kash Patel said they want the FBI agent workforce to have the "physical skill set to de-escalate when necessary," particularly for "when encounters can quickly turn into life or death scenarios."

"We are also working on an enhanced compliance process to ensure many of the mistakes of the past are never repeated," Bongino wrote on X.

"Both the Director and I have had multiple meetings on this topic and we are working on substantive changes to current procedures. We must be held accountable, both internally to management, and externally to the people we work for, given the gravity of our responsibilities," he added.