Patel is set to lead an agency that's been a frequent target of Republicans, including an effort to abolish it altogether.

New FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be named the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a Justice Department official said Saturday. Patel could be sworn in next week,

New FBI Director Kash Patel was sworn in Monday as acting chief of the federal bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, taking the helm of two separate and sprawling Justice Department agencies,

Patel will be responsible for two sprawling agencies at the Justice Department. ATF alone has 5,500 personnel.

Leading the ATF is a difficult and full-time job. It will nevertheless be done by Kash Patel, who already has a difficult and full-time job leading the FBI.

Kash Patel speaks after being sworn in as FBI director by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) on the White House campus in Washington,