FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday that he will resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and was forced to reconcile the realities of his law enforcement job with provocative claims he made in his prior role as a popular podcast host.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino confirmed Wednesday that he will leave the bureau in January, officially ending weeks of speculation about his future in the Trump administration. “I will be leaving my position with the FBI in January,

Salon published an article claiming that Kash Patel and Dan Bongino might leave the FBI, as reportedly told by staffers in the agency.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has come under scrutiny for redactions related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Critics pointed to delays in disclosing key information and have questioned Bongino’s early involvement in the office’s handling of the case.