{"id":8124,"date":"2025-02-23T01:02:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T01:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/kash-patel-to-be-named-acting-atf-chief-sources-say\/"},"modified":"2025-02-23T01:02:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T01:02:55","slug":"kash-patel-to-be-named-acting-atf-chief-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/kash-patel-to-be-named-acting-atf-chief-sources-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Kash Patel to be named acting ATF chief, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Kash Patel, the newly sworn-in director of the FBI, is expected to also be named acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, two Justice Department sources confirmed to CBS News Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Following a lengthy process, Patel, a Trump loyalist,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kash-patel-fbi-director-senate-confirmation-vote\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">was confirmed<\/a><\/span>\u00a0by the Senate Thursday as FBI director in a slim 51-49 margin, with two Republican senators joining all Democrats in dissent.<\/p>\n<p>The ATF, like the FBI, is an agency within the Justice Department. It has more than 5,200 employees and a budget of approximately $1.6 billion. One of its primary responsibilities is to investigate gun crimes. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Patel would replace\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/atf-acting-director-marvin-richardson-being-replaced\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Marvin Richardson<\/a><\/span>, the ATF&#8217;s current acting director. ABC News was first to report the move.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Steven Dettelbach, who served as ATF director under former President Joe Biden,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/atf-chief-steven-dettelbach-warns-against-agency-cuts-dire-consequences\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">told CBS News in an interview last month<\/a><\/span>, just prior to stepping down, that he believed the agency would be a target for cuts from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>During his presidential campaign, President Trump was critical of the agency and Dettelbach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On day one, we will sack the radical gun grabber Steve Dettelbach,&#8221; Trump told members of the National Rifle Association at a gathering last February.<\/p>\n<p>Congressional Republicans have already proposed $188 million in cutbacks to the agency for the 2025 fiscal year, alleging the ATF overreaches and places too many restrictions, including on pistol braces.<\/p>\n<p>Dettelbach told CBS News that if the ATF were eliminated, &#8220;people would be killed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe that the mission of this agency, which is fighting violent crime, is wildly nonpartisan and bipartisan,&#8221; Dettelbach said.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department has faced turmoil over the past several weeks amid scrutiny from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Several federal prosecutors\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/u-s-attorney-manhattan-danielle-sassoon-quits-justice-dept-drops-eric-adams-case\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">resigned<\/a><\/span>\u00a0after refusing to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, eight senior FBI officials were\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/senior-fbi-officials-asked-to-resign-retire-by-trump-administration\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">asked to step down from their posts<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or face termination. The FBI\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/fbi-questionnaire-jan-6-agents\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">was told<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to submit a list of all current and former FBI employees who were assigned to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Those employees were also asked to answer a questionnaire. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/melissa-quinn\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Melissa Quinn<\/a> and <\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/scott-macfarlane\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Scott MacFarlane<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.<br \/>\n      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \"\/><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/jacob-rosen\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jacob Rosen<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Jake Rosen is a reporter covering the Department of Justice. 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