Steven M. D'Antuono

Steven M. D'Antuono, FBI Washington Field Office Assistant Director in Charge, at a DOJ press briefing on January 12, 2021, regarding the January 6th Capitol attack investigation. Steven Michael D'Antuono is a former American law enforcement official who served as Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office from October 2020 until his retirement in December 2022. He previously served as Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Office, whose agents arrested the suspects in the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot.

As head of the Washington Field Office, D'Antuono oversaw the FBI's response to the January 6 United States Capitol attack and the search of Mar-a-Lago in August 2022.

Early career D'Antuono earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Rhode Island and worked as a certified public accountant before joining the FBI in January 1996 as a forensic accountant assigned to the Providence Resident Agency under the Boston Field Office. He supported criminal investigations into financial crimes, public corruption, organized crime, and counterintelligence. Days later, FBI Director Christopher Wray announced D'Antuono's promotion to lead the Washington Field Office. Two defendants were acquitted in April 2022; two others were convicted after a retrial.

Washington Field Office D'Antuono was appointed Assistant Director in Charge of the Washington Field Office in October 2020.

On January 8, 2021, D'Antuono told reporters there was no evidence that Antifa members had participated in storming the Capitol. Four days later, he announced that the FBI expected to arrest hundreds of people as it sorted through evidence submitted by the public, with charges of sedition and conspiracy expected to be common.

D'Antuono led the FBI Washington Field Office during the period when the office conducted the Arctic Frost investigation, an FBI investigation opened in April 2022 into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

In August 2022, the Washington Field Office executed a search warrant at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence as part of an investigation into the handling of classified documents. In an on-the-record interview with NBC News, D'Antuono said he had advocated for seeking consent before obtaining a warrant and expressed concern that the search would "further erode public faith in the FBI." He stated, "I was worried about it increasing distrust in us," and described internal disagreements between FBI personnel and Department of Justice prosecutors.

Congressional testimony D'Antuono testified before the House Judiciary Committee in June 2023 regarding the January 6 investigation and the Mar-a-Lago search. According to a House Judiciary Committee letter summarizing his testimony, D'Antuono questioned why the Miami Field Office was not assigned to execute the Mar-a-Lago warrant given its location, and stated he "never got a good answer" for why no U.S. Attorney was assigned to the matter. The Washington Times reported that, in the same testimony, D'Antuono confirmed that the Washington Field Office learned after the January 6 riot that FBI confidential human sources from other field offices had been present at the Capitol, and that additional informants participated on their own accord. A December 2024 DOJ Inspector General report later confirmed that 26 FBI confidential human sources were present in Washington on January 6, with 23 attending on their own initiative rather than at FBI direction.

D'Antuono also testified about the FBI's investigation into pipe bombs placed near the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters on January 5, 2021. He stated that the devices "could have exploded" and "could have done serious physical injury or death." In December 2025, the FBI arrested a suspect using evidence collected by D'Antuono's team during his tenure.

Retirement D'Antuono retired from the FBI in December 2022.