Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation since 2025 Kashyap Pramod Patel is an American lawyer serving since 2025 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Patel also served as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from February to April 2025. Wikipedia's most-read article for 2 days in a row: 1,616,316 views in all, peaking at 1,188,737 on December 1, 2024. Sun, Dec 1: 1,188,737 views Mon, Dec 2: 427,579 views Wiki link