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riversedge

(80,267 posts) Sun Feb 22, 2026, 04:47 PM 17 hrs ago

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

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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Can someone explain to me why the FBI Director is partying in the locker room at the Olympics on the tax payer's dime? (Original Post) riversedge 17 hrs ago OP

Juvenile narcissist just like the rest of them. /nt bucolic_frolic 17 hrs ago #1

Shouldn't he be protecting perimeter @MaraLoco? Captain Zero 17 hrs ago #2

Because every damn member of this administration is corrupt and knows they can get away with anything. MIButterfly 17 hrs ago #3

You are right on. No chance of any accountability whatsoever. dutch777 16 hrs ago #6

I agree riversedge 16 hrs ago #7

Right. He is there partying with the hockey team because he can. chicoescuela 16 hrs ago #12

....."the FBI Assistant Director of Public Affairs claimed it was false when MSNow Journalists reported that Patel was g riversedge 17 hrs ago #4

Top secret FBI business. Sneederbunk 17 hrs ago #5

The grift of a lifetime. Unlimited access to taxpayer funds. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #8

DEI nt msongs 16 hrs ago #9

We are governed by clowns. nt City Lights 16 hrs ago #10

Because Trump is too chicken to travel abroad, and also he's rotting internally muriel_volestrangler 16 hrs ago #11

He's going to Beijing in five weeks. NT mahatmakanejeeves 16 hrs ago #16

Because he knew there would be cameras there. rsdsharp 16 hrs ago #13

You could always try FOIAing his itinerary, but you won't get it. mahatmakanejeeves 16 hrs ago #14

Abuse of public funds and absolute waste. Melon 16 hrs ago #15

Kash Patel parties with Team USA hockey champs after taking FBI jet to Italy as aide defends 'official business' trip LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago #17

Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance · 3h Kash is really enjoying himself on the taxpayers' nickel riversedge 15 hrs ago #18

Should be looking for Nancy Guthrie obamanut2012 15 hrs ago #19

Because he can. electric_blue68 15 hrs ago #20

bucolic_frolic

(54,703 posts)

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

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 04:53 PM

17 hrs ago

Captain Zero

(8,833 posts)

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

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 04:54 PM

17 hrs ago

MIButterfly

(2,415 posts)

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

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 04:58 PM

17 hrs ago

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

(4,997 posts)

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

Reply to MIButterfly (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:13 PM

16 hrs ago

riversedge

(80,267 posts)

7. I agree

Reply to MIButterfly (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:15 PM

16 hrs ago

chicoescuela

(2,911 posts)

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

Reply to MIButterfly (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:45 PM

16 hrs ago

No one will stop him

riversedge

(80,267 posts)

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

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:01 PM

17 hrs ago

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

(17,381 posts)

5. Top secret FBI business.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:10 PM

17 hrs ago

Irish_Dem

(80,605 posts)

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

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:23 PM

16 hrs ago

msongs

(73,378 posts)

9. DEI nt

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:28 PM

16 hrs ago

City Lights

(25,589 posts)

10. We are governed by clowns. nt

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Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:38 PM

16 hrs ago

muriel_volestrangler

(105,927 posts)

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

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:39 PM

16 hrs ago

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

(68,970 posts)

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

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #11)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 06:08 PM

16 hrs ago

rsdsharp

(11,910 posts)

13. Because he knew there would be cameras there.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:59 PM

16 hrs ago

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

mahatmakanejeeves

(68,970 posts)

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

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 06:03 PM

16 hrs ago

"National security"

Melon

(1,253 posts)

15. Abuse of public funds and absolute waste.

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Sun Feb 22, 2026, 06:04 PM

16 hrs ago

LetMyPeopleVote

(177,727 posts)

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

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 06:29 PM

15 hrs ago

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 â€˜official businessâ€™ trip

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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.