FBI Director Kash Patel celebrates with USA men's hockey team after gold medal win
- 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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