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Miles Archer

(23,257 posts)
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 12:00 AM Nov 2025

A 27-year veteran of the FBI got canned over flight logs from Patel's trip to see his girlfriend's concert

FBI Director Kash Patel has fired a man who he believes is responsible for media reports showing Patel used his FBI jet to fly to see his girlfriend sing at an event, according to reports.

"The FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after Director Kash Patel grew outraged about revelations of his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform, said three people familiar with the situation," according to the outlet. "Steven Palmer, a 27-year veteran of the FBI, became the third head of the critical incident response group—which includes FBI pilots—to be fired or removed in Patel’s short regime, adding to a year filled with retributive terminations."

"His exit was made official Friday, and a replacement to head the bureau’s crisis management operations including hostage rescue and bomb detection, has already been posted on the FBI’s website."

The report adds, "Patel was angered this week by social media posts and news stories calling attention to his use of an FBI jet that arrived in State College, Pennsylvania, where his girlfriend, country music artist Alexis Wilkins, sang the national anthem at a wrestling match, said the individuals, who spoke anonymously out of fear of retaliation."

https://www.rawstory.com/kash-patel-girlfriend-2674257020/

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A 27-year veteran of the FBI got canned over flight logs from Patel's trip to see his girlfriend's concert (Original Post) Miles Archer Nov 2025 OP
"How dare the logs get out that I did something frivolous with taxpayer money!" sakabatou Nov 2025 #1
where is DOGE on this waste, fraud and abuse Skittles Nov 2025 #2
I hear ya, but the bigger story here.... sheshe2 Nov 2025 #3
Who let the logs out? BidenRocks Nov 2025 #4
-To see his girlfriend sing the National Anthem at a wrestling match NBachers Nov 2025 #5
Kick BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 2025 #6

sheshe2

(97,620 posts)
3. I hear ya, but the bigger story here....
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 01:04 AM
Nov 2025

Crazy eyed Kash actually has a girlfriend!!!!

BidenRocks

(3,263 posts)
4. Who let the logs out?
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 02:21 AM
Nov 2025

Sorry.

There are many enthusiasts who track government and other aircraft.

They also track shipping and space objects.

Patel really is as stupid as he looks!

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