FBI Director Kash Patel was quietly replaced as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives more than a month earlier than was made publicly known, according to internal Trump administration discussions.
It was announced by the ATF on April 9, according to Reuters and other outlets, that Patel had been replaced as acting ATF director by Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, and that Patel would remain FBI chief, while Driscoll would continue leading the Army on a full-time basis and would start leading the ATF on a temporary basis.
