‘Very inappropriate’: FBI director Kash Patel faces backlash for partying with Team USA
FBI Director Kash Patel speaks to Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., as Patel appears before the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. is facing heavy backlash for celebrating and partying with Team USA after their historic win over Canada on Sunday in the gold-medal game in the Olympics.
social media accounts pointed out that American tax dollars were used to fund a trip where Patel ended up drinking beer and partying with the American players. “You’d be getting less criticism if the people had more confidence in your work,” wrote another person on X/Twitter.: “Must have been really fun to be there. Current and former FBI officials we speak to cannot imagine any previous FBI director thinking it would be appropriate to stick taxpayers with the bill for a Walter Mitty moment.” “For the very concerned media,” Patel wrote on X/Twitter “Yes, I love America and was extremely humbled when my friends, the newly minted Gold Medal winners on Team USA, invited me into the locker room to celebrate this historic moment with the boys- Greatest country on earth and greatest sport on earth.” NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel responds following backlash for celebrating with Team USA after they defeated Team Canada while on a work trip.Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers hoops at all levels -- NBA, College and Recruiting. For NJ.com, he has written about how projected No. 1 NBA Draft pick Cooper Flagg wasn’t born a basketball...
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