Trump's FBI overhaul begins as Acting Director Brian Driscoll puts 'untouchable' feds on notice: former agent

President Donald Trump has promised to usher successful a caller epoch successful America's apical investigative portion — the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) — with time 1 changes being implemented arsenic cardinal elder roles were reassigned.

The agency's shakeup began erstwhile erstwhile FBI Director Christopher Wray, who was nominated by Trump successful his archetypal administration, announced past period that helium would measurement down from his post. Hours earlier Trump was sworn in, acting manager Paul Abbate likewise stepped down.

The Associated Press reported, citing a idiosyncratic acquainted with the matter, that the longtime caput of the Justice Department’s bureau of planetary affairs, Bruce Swartz, was reassigned on with arsenic galore arsenic 20 different staffers. 

On Monday, the White House announced Brian Discoll arsenic acting manager of the FBI. Driscoll’s clip arsenic acting manager volition presumably extremity erstwhile Kashyap "Kash" Patel is confirmed arsenic the FBI’s adjacent manager by the U.S. Senate.

Throughout erstwhile President Biden's term, the FBI was entangled successful repeated scandals, prompting President Trump to committedness to basal retired corruption successful the FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ).

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FBI Director Christopher Wray gives remarks astatine Attorney General Merrick Garland's farewell ceremonial astatine the Department of Justice successful Washington, D.C. connected January 16, 2025.  (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Former FBI cause and Fox News contributor Nicole Parker told Fox News Digital that Abbate's status was a "good idea." 

"He had to person known that his days were apt precise overmuch numbered," she said. "It's been wide publicized and good known that Paul Abbate was progressive successful pushing the raid astatine Mar-a-Lago. Also, helium was precise progressive successful pushing the Jan. 6 misdemeanor cases that were worked rigorously astatine the FBI."

"I ideate that helium knew, alternatively than being removed upon Trump's arrival, that it mightiness beryllium champion successful his involvement to conscionable determination on. And I deliberation that astir apt was a bully thought connected his part," she said.

The FBI seal astatine a quality league astatine FBI office successful Washington D.C. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

On time one, President Trump signed a memorandum titled "Restoring Accountability for Career Senior Executives." He asserted that national employees are capable to beryllium fired. 

"I came from the backstage assemblage earlier the FBI, and I noticed specified a contrast. The backstage sector, if you're not doing your job, of people you're going to get fired. But erstwhile you travel to the national government, determination was astir this temper of, you know, we're untouchable," Parker said. 

"And I truly judge that those days are over. You are moving for the American taxpayers. It is their payer dollars that request to beryllium enactment to bully use. And if you're not doing your job, you truly should beryllium removed," she said. "I bash judge that determination volition beryllium radical who whitethorn not beryllium connected committee with Trump's plans, and they'll take to locomotion distant connected their own."

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President Trump named Brian Driscoll to service arsenic acting manager of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) connected Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) )

President-elect Donald Trump has named longtime state Kashyap "Kash" Patel, who has been a predominant and harsh professional of the FBI, to service arsenic the bureau's adjacent manager successful the caller administration. (Reuters)

Discroll is present heading the bureau arsenic Patel begins his Senate confirmation process. Patel's Senate confirmation proceeding is scheduled to statesman connected Wednesday, Jan. 29. 

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Discroll, a seasoned of the agency, joined successful 2007, according to a connection connected the White House’s website. Robert Kissane, the apical counterterrorism cause successful New York, volition service arsenic acting lawman director, the White House said.

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Prior to being appointed arsenic acting director, Discroll astir precocious served arsenic the peculiar cause successful complaint of the Newark Field Office. He besides antecedently served arsenic the commandant of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) and Critical Incident Response Group's (CIRG) Tactical Section chief.

"I deliberation it's bully for the FBI, for idiosyncratic who has specified an astonishing inheritance with tactical acquisition and HRT," retired FBI cause Scott Duffey told Fox News Digital. "It's a gangly order, and I privation him well."

Before his vocation successful the FBI, helium was a peculiar cause with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the bureau said successful a release. He earned a bachelor's grade successful English from Villanova University and a master's grade successful nationalist argumentation and planetary relations from Pepperdine University.

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Fox News Digital has reached retired to the FBI and the Department of Justice for comment.

Fox News' Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.