# Christopher Raia **Status: stub — expand.** **Christopher Raia** is a career [[FBI]] counterterrorism official named **co-Deputy Director** in January 2026, filling the seat vacated by [[Dan Bongino]]. He had been Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's New York Field Office — the Bureau's most prominent field post — and led the investigation into the January 2025 New Orleans vehicle attack. His appointment restored a career agent to the deputy tier, though he shares the role with [[Andrew Bailey]], a former elected state attorney general. ## See also - [[FBI]] · [[Department of Justice]] · [[DOJ Component Tree]] - [[Kash Patel]] · [[Andrew Bailey]]