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.

Two sources told NBC News that Brian Driscoll, who served as acting director at the beginning of Trump's term, was fired without explanation.