President Trump Expected to Appoint Kash Patel as Acting ATF Head

President Trump is set to make a big change!

He’s looking to appoint FBI Director Kash Patel as the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), sources say.

Patel is expected to be sworn in next week.

The move follows Attorney General Pam Bondi’s firing of ATF’s general counsel, Pamela Hicks.

Why was she fired?

She was accused of “targeting gun owners.”

Yep, that sounds on brand for the ATF.

The Swamp keeps shrinking by the day!

🚨 #BREAKING: President Trump is expected to appoint Kash Patel to Acting Director of the ATF in addition to his role as FBI Director, per ABC

The ATF’s days are NUMBERED 🔥 pic.twitter.com/DVlfb6ltY4

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 22, 2025

ABC News reports:

President Donald Trump is expected to name FBI Director Kash Patel as the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

A Justice Department official told ABC News that Patel is expected to be sworn into the acting director position early next week.

The White House didn’t respond to a request for comment.

The move comes after Attorney General Pam Bondi fired the ATF’s general counsel, Pamela Hicks, late last week. Bondi said in an interview with Fox News on Friday that it was because the agency’s lead lawyer was “targeting gun owners.”

The ATF is on it’s last leg.

It’s time to end all these unconstitutional agencies!

GOA is spreading the message far and wide: Abolish the ATF! 🔥

We are SICK of playing defense! Join us in fighting to repeal all gun control and eradicating this unconstitutional agency. pic.twitter.com/s4JUPLIa0v

— Erich Pratt (@erichmpratt) February 5, 2025

Remember, it was ATF that was involved in Waco siege.

I’m sure the news didn’t lie about that event at all, right?

30 years ago on April 19th, 1993, the FBI & ATF murdered 76 people – including 28 children – in Waco, Texas.

Abolish the ATF & FBI. pic.twitter.com/eZ4xkaM7tB

— Axiomatic Enemy of the State (@DeTocqueville14) April 19, 2023

We don't need another ATF director.
We need to abolish this piece of crap organization murdering and oppressing Americans.
Remember WACO and RUBY RIDGE!
fk the ATF forever!
May God curse utterly that evil unconstitutional worthless organization into oblivion! pic.twitter.com/ehA1b87c2j

— Winston_Smith_2X2L (@WinstonSmth2X2L) February 22, 2025

Next week marks 32 years since the Waco siege began, ending in one of the most heinous domestic massacres carried out by our federal government.

It’s time to abolish the ATF! pic.twitter.com/5raI8vqMY9

— Amity (@amitylee13) February 22, 2025