You may have seen some weird chatter recently about Dan Bongino, the right-wing former podcaster whom Donald Trump installed as the deputy director of the FBI. According to reports, Bongino may not be sticking around the bureau for much longer.....

In a report on the FBI prepared for Congress last month by active-duty and retired agents, Bongino is referred to as “something of a clown.”

The White House even installed a kind of babysitter for Bongino, appointing an unprecedented co-deputy director to share the job with him, which was widely seen as the first step in replacing him.....

Premature social media posts have kind of become Patel’s thing as FBI director.

In September, hours after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot, Patel posted on social media that “the subject” in the killing was “in custody.” But roughly 90 minutes later, Patel had to walk that back when the person was released. That was a correction Patel may have posted from his dinner that night at a trendy New York restaurant, according to reporting from NBC News.

Patel now appears to have done it again. The morning after a shooter killed two people and injured nine more at Brown University on Saturday, Patel proudly posted on social media that, as a result of the FBI’s tireless efforts, a person of interest had been taken into custody.

Hours later, that person was released. As of Tuesday afternoon, the suspected shooter is still at large, and the FBI has released new photos of a person of interest, who they warn is armed and dangerous. They are offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information on the suspect.

It’s clear that, right now, the FBI is a mess.