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EFTA00163455 EFTA00163456 EFTA00163457 Continued Reporting: Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino Draw Scrutiny From Previous Supporters The Hill (05/21, Samuels) reported that Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino sat for a joint interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News's "Sunday Morning Futures." According to the article, FBI leadership is facing scrutiny from the MAGA world due to their past statements and the reality of running a law enforcement agency. During the interview, Director Patel spoke about how his predecessors "intentionally failed the American public" and pledged that declassifying documents related to the investigation into his 2016 campaign's potential ties to Russia would help "restore the trust that was lost to the American public when it comes to the FBI." The article added that Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino plainly stated that notorious financier Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in prison. "I was asked about some of the details