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FBI Director Kash Patel celebrates with USA men's hockey team after gold medal win
FBI Director Kash Patel celebrated Team USA's first men’s Olympic hockey gold in 46 years, joining players in the locker room after their 2-1 overtime win over Canada.
- On Sunday, February 22, 2026, FBI Director Kash Patel attended the Olympic final and celebrated in the U.S. men's hockey team locker room after their 2-1 overtime victory.
- On Thursday, Patel flew to the Milan Cortina Games on the FBI Gulfstream jet, a trip estimated to cost $75,000, FBI spokesperson Ben Williamson said it included meetings with Italian law enforcement and the U.S. consulate.
- Patel posted four photos from the win on X and Instagram, writing `Unity, Sacrifice, Attitude- what it takes to be the best in the world`, while viral clips showed him drinking with players on Dylan Larkin's Instagram Live.
- Critics renewed questions about Patel's past use of agency jets and personal travel, while the FBI did not respond to a Sunday comment request and Ben Williamson called NBC's theory 'false'.
- Questions about agency travel policy and oversight have resurfaced following Patel's Milan trip, the first Olympic visit by an active FBI director since Robert Mueller in 2003, amid other high-profile cases.
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