Kash Patel has four FBI SWAT agents and two SUVs guarding his country singer girlfriend around Nashville. He brought her to a closed-door fentanyl meeting where families of overdose victims gave testimony. A former senior official estimated the detail costs taxpayers $1 million a year. Before overtime. The SWAT team has accompanied her to singing gigs. To a hair appointment. When an FBI official recommended a threat assessment to determine if the detail was even necessary, Patel berated him. He said his authority alone was enough. The same week, a New York Times reporter wrote about the SWAT detail. The FBI opened an investigation into the reporter. The Department of Justice shut it down and called it retaliation.

🇺🇸NEWS: FBI Director Kash Patel used a government Gulfstream V to fly his country singer girlfriend to a George Strait concert. He watched the show from a luxury suite reported at $35,000 to $50,000. Then he flew her home on the same FBI jet. Same week: a “VIP snorkel” at the underwater tomb of 900 sailors and Marines at Pearl Harbor. The pattern from the same NYT investigation is now public. Four SWAT agents and two SUVs guarding his girlfriend in Nashville. The detail estimated at $1 million a year. SWAT escorts to a hair appointment. An FBI official suggested a threat assessment to determine if any of it was justified. Patel berated him. A New York Times reporter wrote about the SWAT detail. The FBI opened an investigation into the reporter. The DOJ shut it down and called it retaliation. What is the FBI for when the FBI Director uses it as a personal concierge service and turns it on the people who notice?