FBI director Kash Patel has been accused of using an FBI jet to attend girlfriend Alexis Wilkins‘ performance at a pro-wrestling event on Saturday. The accusation came from Kyle Seraphin, a MAGA former FBI agent-turned-critic podcaster. “We’re in the middle of government shutdown where they’re not even gonna pay all of the employees that work for the agency that this guy heads,” Seraphin said on his podcast. “And this guy is jetting off to hang out with his girlfriend in Nashville on our dime?”“He flew a $60 million aircraft to go hang out there. Is that gross to anybody else?” he said.The FBI did not comment on it and Patel has also not issued any statement on the accusation. Seraphin claimed that a government jet took off from a northern Virginia airport, then landed at State College, Pennsylvania’s regional airport near the campus, right around the time Patel was headed there. The jet is registered with the FAA as government-owned, with its owner’s address as the FBI’s Washington headquarters, Seraphin claimed, adding that the jet’s travel list earlier this week matches that of Patel’s as the jet traveled from Washington to Philadelphia, matching with Patel’s appearance at a press conference there. FBI directors have to pay the price of a commercial coach ticket if they use their government planes for their private use. Kash Patel once called for ending former FBI director Christopher Wray’s use of the government’s fleet of private aircraft for personal travel. The FBI should “ground Chris Wray’s private jet that he pays for with taxpayer dollars to hop around the country,” Patel said during his “Kash’s Corner” podcast in 2023.This is not the first time Patel’s use of an FBI jet has come to light. Senate Democrats earlier asked the US Government Accountability Office to review Patel’s personal travel on government aircraft.
