Kash Patel removed as ATF Head

[StmarysCity79]

Reuters was the first to report the changeover Wednesday, but the newswire noted it was unclear when Patel was formally removed or when Dan Driscoll, the top civilian official in the Army, was notified that he would be taking over ATF duties.

As news of Patel’s removal was made public, his photo and title still appeared on the agency’s website. Both have since been removed. Driscoll’s name is now listed as acting director, but the places for his photo and full biographical information say “coming soon.”

According to Reuters, Patel spent about an hour at ATF headquarters in February after he was sworn in for the second job, but he had not been seen at its main office since.


Patel is seen as a fiercely loyal ally of Trump and was a divisive pick to lead the FBI. And he was not well received by some ATF veterans.

“It’s pretty demoralizing,” Mark Jones, a former ATF special agent, told The Trace in February. “This guy doesn’t like the ATF and doesn’t believe in firearms regulation. I just see him coming in with a wrecking ball.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5242551-trump-swaps-atf-director/

 

[Ramp Guy]

...but he's still the Director of the FBI.

Kashyap Pramod "Kash" Patel (born February 25, 1980) is an American lawyer and former federal prosecutor who has served since 2025 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Acting; as in temporary...

 

[LtownTaxpayer]

...but he's still the Director of the FBI.

Kashyap Pramod "Kash" Patel (born February 25, 1980) is an American lawyer and former federal prosecutor who has served since 2025 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Acting; as in temporary...

There is a definitely lack of comprehension by the original poster on this thread. But ... when you carry a hammer everything looks lile a nail.

 

[StmarysCity79]

...but he's still the Director of the FBI.

Kashyap Pramod "Kash" Patel (born February 25, 1980) is an American lawyer and former federal prosecutor who has served since 2025 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Acting; as in temporary...

Whats your point? Does that mean he wasn't assigned as head of the ATF which he is now not?

“It’s pretty demoralizing,” Mark Jones, a former ATF special agent, told The Trace in February. “This guy doesn’t like the ATF and doesn’t believe in firearms regulation. I just see him coming in with a wrecking ball.”

Democrats on the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force last month urged President Trump to replace Patel at the ATF, writing, “it is unconscionable that someone without experience fighting crime, responding to mass shootings or confronting domestic terrorism has been named as ATF’s Acting Director.”

 

[Ramp Guy]

Whats your point?

....it's was a temporary position... as in ---- not permanent!

What's your point?

 

[limblips]

I knew it would respond as soon as I read it! It is so pre-dick-table. I also knew it would not read enough to know that Patel was ACTING until a qualified replacement was installed but it would never let facts get in the way of spreading anti-Trump BS.

 

[BOP]

Reuters was the first to report the changeover Wednesday, but the newswire noted it was unclear when Patel was formally removed or when Dan Driscoll, the top civilian official in the Army, was notified that he would be taking over ATF duties.

As news of Patel’s removal was made public, his photo and title still appeared on the agency’s website. Both have since been removed. Driscoll’s name is now listed as acting director, but the places for his photo and full biographical information say “coming soon.”

According to Reuters, Patel spent about an hour at ATF headquarters in February after he was sworn in for the second job, but he had not been seen at its main office since.


Patel is seen as a fiercely loyal ally of Trump and was a divisive pick to lead the FBI. And he was not well received by some ATF veterans.

“It’s pretty demoralizing,” Mark Jones, a former ATF special agent, told The Trace in February. “This guy doesn’t like the ATF and doesn’t believe in firearms regulation. I just see him coming in with a wrecking ball.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5242551-trump-swaps-atf-director/

The Hill, huh? You really know how to pick 'em.

As far as Jones' statement about Patel not liking the ATF; 80% of Americans don't like the ATF. Every last one of them should be fired, the buildings taken apart brick-by-brick, the land dug up and salted so nothing can grow where the buildings stood.

It's a good thing I'm in a good mood after a workout, because most days, I'm in favor of firing squads for every single person who works for the ATF.

 

[BOP]

Whats your point? Does that mean he wasn't assigned as head of the ATF which he is now not?

“It’s pretty demoralizing,” Mark Jones, a former ATF special agent, told The Trace in February. “This guy doesn’t like the ATF and doesn’t believe in firearms regulation. I just see him coming in with a wrecking ball.”

Democrats on the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force last month urged President Trump to replace Patel at the ATF, writing, “it is unconscionable that someone without experience fighting crime, responding to mass shootings or confronting domestic terrorism has been named as ATF’s Acting Director.”

You know what's unconscionable? The fact that none of the Demonrats in Congress who are trying to tell Trump how to do his job have any real world experience in the work force.

 

[Bann]

Whats your point? Does that mean he wasn't assigned as head of the ATF which he is now not?

“It’s pretty demoralizing,” Mark Jones, a former ATF special agent, told The Trace in February. “This guy doesn’t like the ATF and doesn’t believe in firearms regulation. I just see him coming in with a wrecking ball.”

Democrats on the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force last month urged President Trump to replace Patel at the ATF, writing, “it is unconscionable that someone without experience fighting crime, responding to mass shootings or confronting domestic terrorism has been named as ATF’s Acting Director.”

He was ALWAYS appointed as TEMPORARY/acting. BECUASE TRUMP WANTED TO GET RID OF THE OTHER ONE.

 

[WingsOfGold]

Whats your point? Does that mean he wasn't assigned as head of the ATF which he is now not?

“It’s pretty demoralizing,” Mark Jones, a former ATF special agent, told The Trace in February. “This guy doesn’t like the ATF and doesn’t believe in firearms regulation. I just see him coming in with a wrecking ball.”

Democrats on the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force last month urged President Trump to replace Patel at the ATF, writing, “it is unconscionable that someone without experience fighting crime, responding to mass shootings or confronting domestic terrorism has been named as ATF’s Acting Director.”

Silly mentally ill man, what part of TEMPORARY don't you grasp?

 

[WingsOfGold]

The Hill, huh? You really know how to pick 'em.

As far as Jones' statement about Patel not liking the ATF; 80% of Americans don't like the ATF. Every last one of them should be fired, the buildings taken apart brick-by-brick, the land dug up and salted so nothing can grow where the buildings stood.

It's a good thing I'm in a good mood after a workout, because most days, I'm in favor of firing squads for every single person who works for the ATF.

Does this mean M80's, copper tubing bombs that we made as kids and cherry bombs are going to be legal again?

 

[Merlin99]

The Hill, huh? You really know how to pick 'em.

As far as Jones' statement about Patel not liking the ATF; 80% of Americans don't like the ATF. Every last one of them should be fired, the buildings taken apart brick-by-brick, the land dug up and salted so nothing can grow where the buildings stood.

It's a good thing I'm in a good mood after a workout, because most days, I'm in favor of firing squads for every single person who works for the ATF.

How can you hate the ATF, it sounds like the second greatest convenience store ever, first is always going to be BJ's

 

[CPUSA]

Reuters was the first to report the changeover Wednesday, but the newswire noted it was unclear when Patel was formally removed or when Dan Driscoll, the top civilian official in the Army, was notified that he would be taking over ATF duties.

As news of Patel’s removal was made public, his photo and title still appeared on the agency’s website. Both have since been removed. Driscoll’s name is now listed as acting director, but the places for his photo and full biographical information say “coming soon.”

According to Reuters, Patel spent about an hour at ATF headquarters in February after he was sworn in for the second job, but he had not been seen at its main office since.


Patel is seen as a fiercely loyal ally of Trump and was a divisive pick to lead the FBI. And he was not well received by some ATF veterans.

“It’s pretty demoralizing,” Mark Jones, a former ATF special agent, told The Trace in February. “This guy doesn’t like the ATF and doesn’t believe in firearms regulation. I just see him coming in with a wrecking ball.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5242551-trump-swaps-atf-director/

So basically, snowflakes were melting down because a highly qualified individual was put in place to tear down the illegal authoritarian agency known as BATFE...and you think this is a bad thing?

Why haven't you moved to Cuba or China or N. Korea yet? You sound stupid enough to be quite happy living in any of those Marxist Dumps...

 

[BOP]

Reuters was the first to report the changeover Wednesday, but the newswire noted it was unclear when Patel was formally removed or when Dan Driscoll, the top civilian official in the Army, was notified that he would be taking over ATF duties.

As news of Patel’s removal was made public, his photo and title still appeared on the agency’s website. Both have since been removed. Driscoll’s name is now listed as acting director, but the places for his photo and full biographical information say “coming soon.”

According to Reuters, Patel spent about an hour at ATF headquarters in February after he was sworn in for the second job, but he had not been seen at its main office since.


Patel is seen as a fiercely loyal ally of Trump and was a divisive pick to lead the FBI. And he was not well received by some ATF veterans.

“It’s pretty demoralizing,” Mark Jones, a former ATF special agent, told The Trace in February. “This guy doesn’t like the ATF and doesn’t believe in firearms regulation. I just see him coming in with a wrecking ball.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5242551-trump-swaps-atf-director/

This didn't age well. And it sure as hell didn't go the way STD79 thought it was going to go.






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They did announce, it, Ken; you just heard what you wanted to hear.