Posted on 01/01/2025 3:37:36 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Steven Dettelbach, the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) sent a letter of resignation to Joe Biden late last month, announcing his intention to leave his position just two days before Trump’s inauguration on Monday, January 20.
He touted his “success” during his reign:
Under your leadership, and that of the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General, we met head on the challenge of a historic spike in violent crime coming out of the pandemic.
As I leave the ATF, the country has experienced two years of historic decreases in the violent crime rates, including drops in firearms related crime.
That progress did not occur by accident. The heroic, talented, and hard-working people at ATF, along with our many partners, fought hard and risked everything to gain that ground.
And Americans are better off for it.
He had practiced his “success” speech in an interview with the left-wing NPR the day before submitting his resignation:
DETTELBACH: Since I started at ATF, the numbers on violent crime now for two years in a row have come down precipitously. And I think this’ll be, as we finish out this year, a third.
NPR: FBI statistics show that, in 2023, violent crime fell 3%, including a sharp drop in homicides. The FBI’s preliminary figures for the first half of 2024 show violent crime down another 10% compared to the same period the previous year.
DETTELBACH: So violent crime is dropping precipitously, and I just want to say, that doesn’t happen by accident.
NPR had the audacity to give credit to Dettelbach in helping the FBI “investigate” the near-fatal assassination attempt of Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, in...
(Excerpt) Read more at thenewamerican.com ...
Answering the question:
How is an incoming Trump Administration like a self-cleaning oven?
Couldn’t take his firing for lousy work like a real man.
And he picked yesterday or today to resign?
GREAT moments in poor timing!
He might lose his benefits if he is fired. He gets severance by quitting.
Alcohol, Tabacco, Fire arms should be the name of a convenience store, not a government agency.
What is this? A congratulatory note to the LV terrorist cell?
That wouldn’t have anything to do with not reporting/prosecuting crimes eh?
Now let’s cut this worthless department.
They’ve been destroying documents since November.
So add that into the metrics of his quitting.
He’s like a roach running for cover of darkness. The atf must be closed completely.
Adiós....
Don’t let the door hit ya’ where the good Lord split ya’.
I assume they’re ‘retiring’...so getting pensions too (?)
He must be confusing “the pandemic” with “the open border”
Idiot.
The ATF needs to be chloroformed for good.
Be sure and keep all correspondence and emails.
FOADPOS
Always been curious as to what the significance of Tobacco is in this group of wannabes. I can understand them checking ids at a bar and discovering who is applying for a permit to carry, but what is so important t about a legally grown and sold agricultural product( tobacco )? Why not get rid of that letter on their logo leaving it to be the Bureau of A F ( ALL FAKERS)
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