Published: 17:09 GMT, 17 December 2025 | Updated: 17:53 GMT, 17 December 2025

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino is preparing to quit the Trump administration in the next few weeks, according to a report.

Bongino has started boxing up 'knick-knacks' from his office in Washington, DC, and sending them back to Florida, where he plans to return to work as a pro-Trump broadcaster ahead of the midterm elections, sources told The New York Times.

The former podcaster and Fox News host gave up a lucrative media career earlier this year to join the Trump administration.

However, his brief tenure has been marked by a public ambivalence about the role, as well as internal clashes with colleagues including Attorney General Pam Bondi over her handling of the Epstein files.

In May, Bongino candidly admitted that the demands of the role were straining the relationship with his wife, Paula, 50, who lives in Florida with their two daughters. The pair have been married since around 2003.

'I gave up everything for this. I mean, you know, my wife is struggling,' he told Fox & Friends. 'I stare at these four walls all day in DC, you know, by myself, divorced from my wife. Not divorced, but I mean, separated. And it's hard.'

He said he didn't didn't enjoy the work, while noting that he was proud to serve the president.

'People ask me all the time, "Do you like it?" I say, "No, I don't."' He added that it was challenging for his family but noted that 'the president didn't ask me to do this to like it.'

In May, Bongino candidly admitted that the demands of the role were straining the relationship with his wife, Paula, 50, who lives in Florida with their two daughters. The pair have been married since around 2003