In January, Driscoll was appointed acting director while Kash Patel's nomination was pending after the departure of Christopher Wray.

Brian Driscoll, who briefly served as acting director of the FBI in the early days of the second Trump administration, is being pushed out of the agency, two sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

The FBI is firing another round of employees, including former Acting Director Brian Driscoll, in its latest moves against officials who worked on issues that drew President Donald Trump's ire, four people briefed on the matter said on Thursday (Aug 7).