Patel will be responsible for two sprawling agencies at the Justice Department. ATF alone has 5,500 personnel.
With the Constitution as its cornerstone, the agency can become smaller, more efficient and less political.
The new FBI director instructed personnel not to respond to Musk's demand to justify their job or face dismissal.
Patel is set to lead an agency that's been a frequent target of Republicans, including an effort to abolish it altogether.
Among those who pushed back on an Elon Musk-ordered Office of Personnel Management demand that federal employees justify ...
Newly sworn-in FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to take the reins of another federal law enforcement agency as the acting ...
New FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be named the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ...
President Donald Trump's new FBI Director Kash Patel had a stern message for news organizations moments after being sworn ...
Kash Patel was sworn in as FBI director Friday after a rocky path to confirmation and a narrow Senate vote Thursday.
Kash Patel, the newly sworn-in director of the FBI, is expected to also be named acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, ...
Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday swore in Kash Patel as FBI director in the Eisenhower Executive Office ...
Kash Patel was sworn in Friday afternoon as Donald Trump's FBI Director, delivering this statement after taking the oath of ...