ATF Director discusses Tate Adamiak’s case

Summary

ATF Director Robert Cekada recently discussed the 2022 criminal trial of Patrick "Tate" Adamiak, where ATF Officer Jeffrey Bodell's allegedly false testimony led to Adamiak receiving a 20-year federal prison sentence. Cekada stated that a Denix British STEN MK II replica, which Bodell testified was a machine gun, was never charged as such, and he described Adamiak's 20-year sentence as "excessive" given his lack of prior criminal history.