Can someone explain to me why the FBI Director is partying in the locker room at the Olympics on the tax payer's dime?

[riversedge]

Can someone explain to me why the FBI Director is partying in the locker room at the Olympics on the tax payer’s dime?

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. Juvenile narcissist just like the rest of them. /nt

[Captain Zero]

2. Shouldn't he be protecting perimeter @MaraLoco?

[MIButterfly]

3. Because every damn member of this administration is corrupt and knows they can get away with anything.

Who's going to stop them?

As long as they have the "R" after their name, they can do whatever they want whenever they want. The country is their piggy bank to break open any time they want.

It's only evil and bad and wrong if there's a "D" after their name.

[dutch777]

6. You are right on. No chance of any accountability whatsoever.

[riversedge]

7. I agree

[chicoescuela]

12. Right. He is there partying with the hockey team because he can.

No one will stop him

[riversedge]

4. ....."the FBI Assistant Director of Public Affairs claimed it was false when MSNow Journalists reported that Patel was g

BREAKING: CAUGHT IN A LIE!

Kash Patel was accidentally recorded on Team USA’s Dylan Larkin’s Instagram video (now-deleted) celebrating with Team USA in the locker room after the Gold medal game, even though the FBI Assistant Director of Public Affairs claimed it was false when MSNow Journalists reported that Patel was going to the Olympics on Taxpayers’ dime.

Here’s the proof. Please share.

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[Sneederbunk]

5. Top secret FBI business.

[Irish_Dem]

8. The grift of a lifetime. Unlimited access to taxpayer funds.

[msongs]

9. DEI nt

[City Lights]

10. We are governed by clowns. nt

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. Because Trump is too chicken to travel abroad, and also he's rotting internally

and the wear and tear of a trip to Europe might be too much for him. So the chance for an undeserved selfie with successful Americans, paid for by taxpayers, got passed down to another thirsty wannabe.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

16. He's going to Beijing in five weeks. NT

[rsdsharp]

13. Because he knew there would be cameras there.

The only surprise is that he’s not wearing his (women’s size medium) FBI wind breaker.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

14. You could always try FOIAing his itinerary, but you won't get it.

"National security"

[Melon]

15. Abuse of public funds and absolute waste.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. Kash Patel parties with Team USA hockey champs after taking FBI jet to Italy as aide defends 'official business' trip

Kash Patel parties with Team USA hockey champs after taking FBI jet to Italy as aide defends ‘official business’ trip

Kash Patel parties with Team USA hockey champs after taking FBI jet to Italy as aide defends ‘official business’ trip

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— (@born2balive.bsky.social) 2026-02-22T23:17:34.588Z

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kash-patel-olympics-europe-travel-b2925401.html

FBI Director Kash Patel is once again under fire for his use of official FBI resources for travel as he appeared alongside gold medal-winning members of Team USA hockey on Sunday at the Olympics in Milano Cortina.

The FBI chief has was previously accused of using federal government resources to take “extravagant” trips with his girlfriend, allegedly earning him the derisive nickname “Make-a-Wish Director” behind closed doors.

But on Sunday he posted photos of himself grinning alongside members of the men’s hockey team mere hours after a spokesperson for his agency blasted the mere suggestion that Patel had used government resources for a personal vacation.

He was also captured celebrating in the locker room on team member Dylan Larkin’s Instagram Live.

It’s an awkward look for the director, whose agency is already battling perceptions that he is unqualified for the job and unserious with his management of the agency and use of its resources.......

Last year, Patel was accused of using a government Gulfstream jet for personal use to fly around and see his girlfriend, country music singer Alexis Wilkins

Just two years earlier, Patel — then a podcaster and right-wing influencer — had complained that FBI Director Chris Wray was benefitting from "private jet travel that he pays for with taxpayer dollars to hop around the country.”

Now it’s Patel facing that same accusation and claiming that he uses the plane less than his predecessors, while defending their usage for personal trips. Among the reported excursions, Patel has used the jet for a golfing trip in Scotland as well as to go hunting in Texas, along with “date nights” with Wilkins.

[riversedge]

18. Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance · 3h Kash is really enjoying himself on the taxpayers' nickel

Joyce Alene
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Kash is really enjoying himself on the taxpayers’ nickel

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[obamanut2012]

19. Should be looking for Nancy Guthrie

And domestic terrorists.

[electric_blue68]

20. Because he can.

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Go do your damn job!