Overview
- Raia, who leads the FBI’s New York field office, will move to Washington to start next week, and no successor has been announced in New York.
- He will serve alongside co-deputy Andrew Bailey under Director Kash Patel, keeping the unusual three-person leadership setup in place.
- A 22-year bureau veteran who joined in 2003, Raia has led counterterrorism operations and helped oversee the response to last year’s New Orleans truck attack.
- The deputy director serves as the FBI’s chief operating officer, managing daily operations for roughly 30,000 employees.
- Dan Bongino left the post on Jan. 3 after less than a year, with reports describing internal tensions including disputes over handling Jeffrey Epstein records.