Kash Patel Axed As ATF Director After Ghosting Job

The Daily Beast reports:

FBI Director Kash Patel has been quietly removed as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives after he stopped showing up to work there, according to a report.

Patel, who remains in his FBI role, had not been “seen inside an ATF facility for weeks” and has been replaced by the U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, sources told NBC News. Driscoll will reportedly continue working in both roles.

NBC reported that workers at the bureau were “shocked and confused” by Patel’s removal. The network said an exact reason for the change is unknown. Patel, 45, was was sworn in as ATF’s acting director on Feb. 24, just days after he was sworn in as FBI director.

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