Embattled FBI Director Kash Patel’s fiery defense of using one of the bureau’s taxpayer-funded jets as his personal Uber has decidedly backfired.
Patel, 45, responded to mounting criticism after being accused of using government planes to rendezvous with his girlfriend through a lengthy X post on Sunday—one that was promptly updated with a humbling community note on Tuesday.
The Trump official tried to reframe the narrative as unfair “criticism” of his 26-year-old girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, whom he referred to as a “country music sensation.” Wilkins averages about 6,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.
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