Kash Patel, director of the FBI, speaks during a swearing-in ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Friday. (Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"Earlier today, I was served official notice from the Attorney General of the United States that I was being removed from my position as the Chief Counsel of ATF and my employment with the Department of Justice terminated," Hicks posted on her LinkedIn page Thursday, confirming her termination.
Hicks had served as ATF's chief counsel since 2021 under the Biden administration, and served as deputy chief counsel for ATF under President Donald Trump's first administration. She spent 23 years overall as an attorney within the Department of Justice (DOJ), she posted to LinkedIn.
Kash Patel is 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 Friday. (Reuters/Leah Millis)
"These people were targeting gun owners," Bondi told Fox News on Thursday of the ATF. "Not gonna happen under this administration."
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Both the FBI and ATF are part of the DOJ.
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