ATF Denies Report That 1,000 Agents Will Be Moved to FBI

ATF says 150 of its agents will move temporarily from field offices to the border and other regions to fight violent crime and trafficking of guns and drugs.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters in Washington on Feb. 17, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has denied that as many as 1,000 of its agents are being transferred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

CNN reported on March 22 that acting ATF Director Kash Patel, who is also FBI director, was preparing to move the ATF agents and cut ATF’s workforce by a third. This included sending a couple of hundred agents to deal with border security.