Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has slammed National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent’s claim that Iran posed “no imminent threat”. On Tuesday (17 March), Mr Kent said he could not “in good conscience” support Donald Trump’s decision to take the US to war with Iran and resigned from his post. Reacting to Mr Kent’s comments on Fox News, Mr Bongino said that the US president has a “bevy of material” that he believes proves otherwise. "I read probably a lot more intelligence than he did,” Mr Bongino claimed, before listing reasons he believes made Tehran a danger. "That's called evidence. In some limited circles, we call that a clue," he said.

"Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation," Kent wrote in his letter to President Donald Trump.

In an outraged and at times feverish letter, Joe Kent suggested the president was manipulated by Israel into going to war with Iran.