Kash Patel Announces Plan to Cut ATF by Reassigning 1,000 Agents to FBI

[1srelluc]

UPDATED: Kash Patel Announces Plan to Cut ATF by Reassigning 1,000 Agents to FBI

On the heels of 14 anti-gun Dems demanding President Trump remove Kash Patel as head of ATF, Patel is now reassigning up to 1,000 agents to the FBI.

www.ammoland.com

Washington, D.C. – In a bold move that’s being celebrated by many in the gun rights community, newly appointed FBI Director Kash Patel has unveiled a major restructuring plan that could gut the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). On the heels of 14 anti-gun House Democrats demanding President Trump remove Kash Patel as head of the ATF, Trump/Kash is now reassigning up to 1,000 of its agents to the FBI.

That’s more than a third of the entire ATF agent workforce.

Patel, who also serves as Acting Director of the ATF, began his leadership of both agencies under President Donald Trump’s direction last month. According to reports, the reassignments are being framed as part of a “surge initiative” to support border enforcement and combat organized crime. But the long-term result could be a significant reduction in the ATF’s footprint—something many gun owners have demanded for decades.

“The ATF has been weaponized for too long,” said one pro-2A activist who applauded the move. “It’s about time someone stepped in to start reining them in.”

An ATF spokeswoman tried to downplay the situation, claiming the move was only temporary and that agents would still be working as part of the ATF in other field offices. But sources close to the plan suggest otherwise—indicating that while it may start as temporary, these agents will be absorbed into the FBI with no clear return date. In effect, the ATF’s enforcement arm could be permanently thinned out.

LOL....Kash could make me an FBI agent tomorrow, but I only stick out like a sore thumb because of my competence.

Jokes aside I'd rather they be RIFed but if they have skills (like the ATF's arson investigators) it would seem to me that they would be better serving in the FBI.

 

[The Duke]

This is good, they're trying to make things more efficient.

 

[debbiedowner]

UPDATED: Kash Patel Announces Plan to Cut ATF by Reassigning 1,000 Agents to FBI

On the heels of 14 anti-gun Dems demanding President Trump remove Kash Patel as head of ATF, Patel is now reassigning up to 1,000 agents to the FBI.

www.ammoland.com

Washington, D.C. – In a bold move that’s being celebrated by many in the gun rights community, newly appointed FBI Director Kash Patel has unveiled a major restructuring plan that could gut the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). On the heels of 14 anti-gun House Democrats demanding President Trump remove Kash Patel as head of the ATF, Trump/Kash is now reassigning up to 1,000 of its agents to the FBI.





Patel, who also serves as Acting Director of the ATF, began his leadership of both agencies under President Donald Trump’s direction last month. According to reports, the reassignments are being framed as part of a “surge initiative” to support border enforcement and combat organized crime. But the long-term result could be a significant reduction in the ATF’s footprint—something many gun owners have demanded for decades.




An ATF spokeswoman tried to downplay the situation, claiming the move was only temporary and that agents would still be working as part of the ATF in other field offices. But sources close to the plan suggest otherwise—indicating that while it may start as temporary, these agents will be absorbed into the FBI with no clear return date. In effect, the ATF’s enforcement arm could be permanently thinned out.

LOL....Kash could make me an FBI agent tomorrow, but I only stick out like a sore thumb because of my competence.

Jokes aside I'd rather they be RIFed but if they have skills (like the ATF's arson investigators) it would seem to me that they would be better serving in the FBI.

He should cut the DEA as both were created my Nixon and they could fall under the FBI. There was no need for these two agencies.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Help me out, Patel is the head of the FBI yes, not the ATF.

 

[1srelluc]

Help me out, Patel is the head of the FBI yes, not the ATF.

The last I heard he's also the acting ATF director.

 

[Doc7505]

Help me out, Patel is the head of the FBI yes, not the ATF.

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Yes, BATF was originally under the Treasury Dept along with the Secret Service. They were split off and governed by the Justice Dept.
DEA is under the control of the DHS.
It seems reasonable that they all answer to the Justice Department and led by the FBI.
Doing so cuts a lot of bureaucracy give the FBI greater scope and better control on investigations.
Let's not forget that the shakeup of the FBI should entail a substantial loss of agents in the near future.