Newly sworn-in FBI Director Kash Patel is anticipated to take the reins of one other federal legislation enforcement company because the performing director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Mr. Patel could possibly be sworn in for the put up that’s underneath the Justice Division’s purview as early as this week, a Department of Justice supply advised The Washington Instances.
The ATF has already seen modifications in the previous few days. The ATF’s chief authorized counsel confirmed on social media that she was fired Thursday by Lawyer Basic Pam Bondi.
“Earlier immediately, I used to be served official discover from the Lawyer Basic of the US that I used to be being faraway from my place because the Chief Counsel of ATF and my employment with the Division of Justice terminated,” Pamela Hicks posted on her LinkedIn web page.
Ms. Hicks, who has served within the Justice Division for 23 years, was the ATF’s chief counsel throughout the Biden administration and served as deputy chief counsel for the ATF throughout President Trump’s first time period.
Mr. Trump signed in early February an government order to “halt present insurance policies designed to curtail the clear proper of law-abiding residents to maintain and bear arms.”
The White Home said in that order that the ATF “was weaponized to finish the livelihoods of law-abiding small enterprise homeowners in an effort to restrict Individuals’ skill to amass firearms.”
