Kash Patel parties with Team USA hockey champs after taking FBI jet to Italy
www.independent.co.uk
Patel celebrates in the locker room after coming under fierce scrutiny over his personal trips on government jets

Patel celebrates in the locker room after coming under fierce scrutiny over his personal trips on government jets

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.

    • hector@lemmy.today
      151·
      2 days ago

      Hockey team deserves to be shunned for partying with patel in all honesty. Patel is actively betraying the US, helping to fix elections, and they know or should know that.

      • johnofrobotz@news.girolab.foo
        7·
        2 days ago

        I have to keep reminding myself the athletes are representing the athletes of the US and deserve no disrespect for celebrating as athletes. It’s hard to separate those “USA” chants from the meaning it’s been twisted into today, but can’t really hold them all responsible for Patel crashing their party.

      • SeeMarkFly@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        Maybe he PAID them to party with him.

        Some people are so rich, all they have is money.

        • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
          4·
          2 days ago

          Getting paid to hang out with fascists doesn’t actually absolve you of responsibility for hanging out with fascists.

        • Dozzi92@lemmy.world
          11·
          2 days ago

          He’s the US director of the FBI. He just shows up and they let him in. What’re they going to do say no? They just let him in, do the photo op, and that’s that. None of them are thinking about it. Half the dudes on the team probably don’t even know who he is. Hockey players are so insulated, that’s why the young guys always do the worst interviews, their entire life has been hockey, and that’s it.

          • Wammityblam@lemmy.world
            2·
            1 day ago

            What’re they going to do say no?

            Why not? What does Patel have to do with their victory? Not a god damn thing.