FBI Director Kash Patel Sworn In as Acting ATF Chief

Kash Patel is now leading two agencies under the Department of Justice.

Kash Patel, then nominee for director of the FBI, testifies before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 30, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Newly appointed FBI Director Kash Patel was sworn in as the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on Monday, according to the agency.

“ATF welcomes Acting Director Kash Patel to ATF, who was sworn in and had his first visit to ATF Headquarters in Washington, D.C. today. We are enthusiastic to work together for a safer America,” the bureau said in a Feb. 24 post on social media platform X.