Biden to Nominate ATF Director, Announce Order on ‘Ghost Guns’

Biden to Nominate ATF Director, Announce Order on ‘Ghost Guns’
President Joe Biden speaks in the White House in Washington, on April 5, 2022. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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President Joe Biden is set to make another nomination for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and announce new executive actions restricting “ghost guns.”

The president is tapping former U.S. Attorney Steve Dettelbach to head the ATF. Biden’s previous nomination, David Chipman, was pulled back in September as Chipman found opposition from Senate Republicans and some Democrats.