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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FBI director’s plane use under scrutiny amid accusations of delayed team response to Brown shooting • Maine Morning Star
Members of Congress are calling for a probe into the use of a taxpayer-funded airplane by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel, shown on Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)Rhode Island’s congressional delegates want to know more after the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday asked the congressional watchdog office to investigate FBI Director Kash Patel’s alleged …
FBI director’s jet use delayed Brown response, whistleblower says
A whistleblower told Democrats on the Senate Judiciary committee that FBI agents had to drive through a winter storm overnight from Quantico, Virginia, to Providence, Rhode Island, to process evidence at a mass shooting scene because Director Kash Patel’s personal…
FBI director’s plane use under scrutiny amid accusations of delayed team response to Brown shooting
Members of Congress are calling for a probe into the use of a taxpayer-funded airplane by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel, shown on Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)Rhode Island’s congressional delegates want to know more after the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday asked the congressional watchdog office to investigate FBI Director Kash Patel’s alleged …
Kash-y And The Jets
Now there’s a transparency I’ll be getting some use out of…Worldwide party animal, social media shitposter, and occasional FBI Director Kash Patel has somehow gotten himself into a spot of bother over his trip to Milan, where he personally protected all the USA athletes from terrorism, or at least had a fun vacation on the public dime and chugged beer with the men’s hockey team. PBS headlined its AP coverage of the story with typical PBS solemni…
Allegations Surface That Kash Patel's Jet Use Delayed FBI Response To Brown University Shooting - American Liberty News
Categories: Arms•Crime•Law Enforcement Tags: 2025 Brown University Shooting, Arms, Crime, FBI, Kash Patel, Law Enforcement, Mass Shooting WASHINGTON — Fresh allegations from an FBI whistleblower claim that FBI Director Kash Patel’s use of government aircraft and other agency resources has adversely affected active investigations and disrupted normal bureau operations, according to media reporting and comments from sources familiar with the matte…
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,...
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