FBI Director Kash Patel ordered agents on his girlfriend’s security detail to escort one of his allegedly drunk friends home after a night of partying, according to a report.
Sources told MS Now that Patel, 45, at least twice ordered his 27-year-old country singer girlfriend Alexis Wilkins to assign a security detail to escort Wilkins’ friend home.
When the agents pushed back on Wilkins’ request to take the friend home, Patel ordered them to do as he said, insiders claimed. In one instance, Patel even called the leader of Wilkins’ detail and yelled at him to do what Wilkins said, they added.
Wilkins, who lives part-time in Nashville for work, receives a separate security detail that includes members of the local SWAT team.
Patel hired the FBI SWAT team to act as his girlfriend Alexis Wilkins’ personal security detail. / Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
Spouses of former FBI directors sometimes receive protection when traveling with their partners.
Former FBI agent Christopher O’Leary called the order “disgraceful” and “demonstrating Kash Patel’s complete lack of justice and integrity.” “FBI agents serve the public and are sworn to protect and defend the Constitution. It’s obviously a long way from that,” he added.
The incidents have reportedly become the subject of gossip within the bureau, as agents worry about the diversion of resources and what it indicates about leadership priorities. Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino faced criticism in November in a report from more than 20 current and former FBI employees, who described the bureau under their watch as “rudderless.” Patel was characterized as “insecure”, prone to scorn, and lacking the professionalism required for his position.
Experts noted that agents trained for high-stakes operations, from counterterrorism to hostage rescue, were pulled from their primary mission of chauffeuring private citizens.
FBI spokesman Ben Williamson outright denied the report, saying, “It was made up and it didn’t happen.” In a post on X, Williamson elaborated, writing that the story is “hogwash”.
“Couldn’t find any confirmation or record of it,” he said.
“Kane’s 3 sources: the voices in his head,” Wilkins wrote in a tweet in response to MS Now justice and intelligence correspondent Ken Dilanian, one of the reporters who wrote the story. “Nice try, Ken. Next time let’s try something even remotely believable instead of the party girl trope that’s lame and demonstrably wrong.”
The claims are consistent with a series of reported internal complaints about mismanagement under Patel and Bongino, including leaving critical assignments understaffed while fulfilling unnecessary requests.
Patel’s position is under intense scrutiny. / Michael Ciaglo / Michael Ciaglo / Getty Images
Patel has attracted criticism for using a taxpayer-funded jet ride to visit his girlfriend. He took a $60 million private jet to watch Wilkins perform at the Real American Freestyle Wrestling event in Pennsylvania on Oct. 25, before flying to Wilkins’ hometown of Nashville later that day.
Bulwark then revealed that Patel’s trip to Nashville was in February, when he made his first trip three days after being sworn in as FBI director. His jet then made two round-trip flights on March 14 and 16, traveling from Manassas, a regional airport near Washington, to Nashville.
On March 21, Jett returned to Nashville for the fourth time in a month. On Friday, October 31, the private jet reportedly flew to Florida, where President Donald Trump, 79, The Great Gatsby-Themed Halloween Party at Mar-a-Lago. Patel left Florida the next day and headed once more to Nashville, where he stayed until November 3—coinciding with his girlfriend’s 27th birthday.
It is not known how many of Patel’s trips to Nashville were personal or business, or how—if at all—the director would reimburse the costs.
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