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BumRushDaShow

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Wed Feb 25, 2026, 09:37 AM Feb 25

'Criminal act': FBI scrambles as leak reveals Kash Patel's 'long segments of leisure time' [View all]

Source: Raw Story

February 25, 2026 8:44AM ET


FBI Director Kash Patel’s taxpayer-funded trip to Italy that culminated with him chugging beer with the U.S. hockey team was revealed Wednesday to have included “long segments of personal and leisure time” after the leak of an internal schedule, a leak that the FBI condemned as a “criminal act,” The New York Times reported.

Patel has defended his trip to Italy during the Olympic games, with the FBI telling the Times that the trip was focused on “strengthening joint counterterrorism coordination” with America’s European allies.

After the Times obtained an internal schedule for Patel’s trip, however, it was revealed that long stretches of time were earmarked for things like “personal time” or “cultural activities.” In response to the leak, the FBI vowed to hold the leaker accountable.

“The leaking of his minute-by-minute schedule is a criminal act that jeopardizes security and will not be taken lightly,” said Ben Williamson, the assistant director for the FBI’s Public Affairs office, speaking with the Times.


Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/kash-patel-2675331855/?utm_source=superhead



If he's running around getting shit-faced at parties in a foreign country, the HE becomes a jeopardy to the nation's "security".
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He works for us. travelingthrulife Feb 25 #1
. dalton99a Feb 25 #2
Well "work" get the red out Feb 25 #11
The keyword here being "unclassified." ShazzieB Feb 25 #26
Hold Cash accountable. Clouds Passing Feb 25 #3
..does Krasnov know he was.. thomski64 Feb 25 #6
Bug eyed bastard belongs in the slammer yourout Feb 25 #4
They all do. Trump and his whole lot. ananda Feb 25 #25
Yup. He's a national security risk. Baitball Blogger Feb 25 #5
I bet our enemies got a big laugh out of it Walleye Feb 25 #7
Funny how the person exposing a crime CanonRay Feb 25 #8
Up is down, dark is light, good is evil..... groundloop Feb 25 #10
We are living in a Venn Diagram of 1984, Animal Farm, Fahrenheit 451, and A Handmaiden's Tale. OMGWTF Feb 25 #14
Well, they're not burning books yet (that I know of), just banning them. dedl67 Feb 25 #29
It really was incredibly prescient of Orwell! KPN Feb 25 #16
It's already been let out multiple times that he seldom goes to Quantico and he's suspected of being on drugs. ChicagoTeamster Feb 25 #9
The reality is these are the worst of the worst people. Six117 Feb 25 #12
T💩p didn't drain the swamp, he swamped the drain. OMGWTF Feb 25 #15
True that. Trump blocked the inflow of clean water and re-routed sewage flow directly into the system. Martin68 Feb 25 #19
As were Nazis ... there is absolutely no hyperbole in that comparison or your statement whatsoever. KPN Feb 25 #17
Given Fox's twisted words Gum Logger Feb 25 #21
Yes, and plenty of it! KPN Feb 25 #24
Ahem... GiqueCee Feb 25 #13
Typical of every Trump administration institution. The first priorities are covering up crimes and punishing whistle Martin68 Feb 25 #18
Telling the truth is now illegal orangecrush Feb 25 #20
And NEVER forget......... MyOwnPeace Feb 25 #22
It used to be the cover-up was worse than the crime nuxvomica Feb 25 #23
"All of the best people." Buddyzbuddy Feb 25 #27
"Strengthening joint counterterrorism coordination." SergeStorms Feb 25 #28
One thing that has bothered me is he used the Swat team to protect his girlfriend vapor2 Feb 25 #30
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