Driscoll was named acting FBI director in January to replace Christopher Wray and served in the position as Patel’s nomination was pending.

The FBI’s personnel purge continues, with the latest casualty being a former acting director who resisted demands to identify agents who investigated the Jan. 6 riot.

Brian Driscoll, a veteran agent who served as acting director of the FBI in the first weeks of the Trump administration, has been forced out of the bureau.