US EditionDurbin whistleblowers accuse Patel of jet usage, decision-making that hindered FBI responses
Sen. Durbin urges GAO and DOJ IG to probe FBI Director Patel’s personal use of bureau jets causing delays in critical crime scene responses, including Brown University shooting.
- On Tuesday, Sen. Richard Durbin revealed whistleblower disclosures showed FBI Director Kash Patel's jet orders delayed the December 13, 2025 Brown University shooting response and investigations.
- Faced with no available planes at the Richmond, Virginia airport, the FBI shooting reconstruction and evidence response teams drove overnight from Quantico, Virginia, arriving in Providence, Rhode Island by 9:00 a.m. on December 14.
- Durbin said the director's order was not communicated to the Hostage Rescue Team, freezing aircraft availability until the hold was lifted and preventing other FBI teams from using the second plane.
- CBS News reported the Charlie Kirk reconstruction deployment to Utah was delayed by at least a day due to a bureau plane and pilot shortage, though an FBI spokesperson disputed the claims and said it will check into the matter.
- Leaked video and reporting show House Judiciary Committee Democrats opened an investigation in December after reports Patel took flights, raising oversight concerns.
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Democrat Puts Whistleblower's Kash Patel Complaints in Letter
FBI Director Kash Patel's travel habits are under fresh fire. In a letter to two government watchdogs citing new whistleblower claims, Sen. Dick Durbin said Tuesday that Patel's "irresponsible joyriding" on FBI aircraft for what Durbin called "leisure activities and travel bucket list" trips had "negatively impacted high-profile criminal investigations,...
Senator Durbin calls for probe into FBI chief’s alleged misuse of aircraft, including during Brown shooting - The Boston Globe
Whistleblowers say Kash Patel’s alleged excessive use of FBI aircraft for personal travel delayed responses to criminal investigations, including the shooting at Brown University.
FBI Director Kash Patel’s mismanagement delayed response to Dec. 13 shooting, whistleblower alleges
A whistleblower alleged that without an available plane to fly to Providence from Quantico, Virginia after the Dec. 13 mass shooting, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents had to drive to Rhode Island overnight through a winter storm to process evidence at 9 a.m. the next day.In a Feb. 24 letter sent to the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office, U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) accused FBI…
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