ATF shuffles personnel amid Fast and Furious "gunwalking" scandal: "We're gonna hit the reset button"
WASHINGTON - There's a major reshuffling at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms amid the Fast and Furious "gunwalking" scandal. In making the announcement this afternoon, Acting Director Todd Jones told reporters "we're gonna hit the reset button."
Memos contradict Holder on "Fast and Furious"
Among the changes, the current acting director of the beleaguered ATF Phoenix office where Fast and Furious was based, Tom Brandon, is being moved to Washington DC headquarters as Deputy Director. Brandon temporarily took over in Phoenix after the transfer of Special Agent in Charge Bill Newell, who led Fast and Furious.
Gunwalking scandal uncovered at ATF
Two key figures at ATF headquarters who were involved in Fast and Furious, and have testified before Congress, are being demoted. They include ATF Deputy Director Billy Hoover, who will become the Special Agent in Charge of the Washington field division; and Mark Chait, Assistant Director in Charge of Field Operations, who will become Special Agent in Charge of the Baltimore field division.
Major ATF Phoenix shake-up after "Fast and Furious"
In recent months, ATF had already reassigned other key figures as details of the gunwalking scandal unfolded. They include the Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix office and his two Assistant Special Agents in Charge.
