Patel will be responsible for two sprawling agencies at the Justice Department. ATF alone has 5,500 personnel.
FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be sworn in as acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in what would be an unusual arrangement.
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Patel is set to lead an agency that's been a frequent target of Republicans, including an effort to abolish it altogether.
Patel is a controversial nominee, having long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.
The Trump loyalist is taking over a bureau in turmoil over firings and an effort to gather names of people who worked on Jan.