Kash Patel remains FBI director amid ongoing bureau instability marked by high staff turnover and the late-September resignation of co-deputy director Andrew Bailey, who reportedly grew frustrated with internal dynamics and limited advancement prospects. Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearings in mid-September featured Democratic questioning on agent firings, hiring standards, and personal conduct allegations, while Patel defended reforms and highlighted arrest statistics. Recent actions include commissioning a classified internal report on prior FBI shortcomings and his October engagement announcement. These developments, alongside administration priorities on election-related investigations, shape trader assessments of removal timing before or after the November midterms, with no confirmed plans for departure.