Raskin Alleges $1M in Illegal FBI Bonuses Under Patel's Leadership
Raskin says the payments may have exceeded federal salary caps and could have been used to reward agents in Patel’s inner circle.
- On Tuesday, Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin sent a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel alleging the bureau chief used agency funds as a "personal slush fund" to pay unlawful bonuses to loyalists.
- The payments, totaling more than $1 million, went to agents on the "Director's Advisory Team," a group critics call a "Payback Squad" tasked with building politically motivated cases.
- Raskin alleges agents received payments approaching $8,000 every two weeks, circumventing federal salary caps, with some recipients totaling nearly $40,000 and other payments bouncing back from exhausted accounts.
- The FBI has not responded to the letter, and Patel has not formally addressed the claims, which remain unproven allegations rather than established findings regarding the bureau's leadership.
- Supporters argue these reforms address long-standing political bias, while opponents view the alleged program as evidence of political retaliation taking root within federal law enforcement.
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Kash Patel Allegedly Built FBI 'Payback Squad' With $1M Taxpayer Fund Rewards
Fresh allegations surrounding FBI Director Kash Patel have ignited a political firestorm in Washington after claims emerged that more than $1 million (approximately £740,000) in taxpayer funds may have been used to reward a handpicked group of loyal FBI agents. At the centre of the controversy is a letter from senior congressional Democrat Jamie Raskin, who accuses Patel of directing substantial bonus payments to members of an internal advisory …
Ranking Member Raskin Launches Investigation Into Kash Patel’s Misuse of FBI Funds for Unlawful Bonus Payments to Inner Circle
Washington, D.C. (June 16, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, launched an investigation into a scheme inside Kash Patel’s corrupt FBI to illegally direct over $1 million in taxpayer-funded bonuses towards a small group of agents willing to brazenly ignore the law in favor of pursuing political targets and members of Patel’s personal security detail who are privy to his many abuses of FBI resources.
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