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BumRushDaShow

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Wed Feb 25, 2026, 09:37 AM Wednesday

'Criminal act': FBI scrambles as leak reveals Kash Patel's 'long segments of leisure time' [View all]

Source: Raw Story

February 25, 2026 8:44AM ET


FBI Director Kash Patel’s taxpayer-funded trip to Italy that culminated with him chugging beer with the U.S. hockey team was revealed Wednesday to have included “long segments of personal and leisure time” after the leak of an internal schedule, a leak that the FBI condemned as a “criminal act,” The New York Times reported.

Patel has defended his trip to Italy during the Olympic games, with the FBI telling the Times that the trip was focused on “strengthening joint counterterrorism coordination” with America’s European allies.

After the Times obtained an internal schedule for Patel’s trip, however, it was revealed that long stretches of time were earmarked for things like “personal time” or “cultural activities.” In response to the leak, the FBI vowed to hold the leaker accountable.

“The leaking of his minute-by-minute schedule is a criminal act that jeopardizes security and will not be taken lightly,” said Ben Williamson, the assistant director for the FBI’s Public Affairs office, speaking with the Times.


Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/kash-patel-2675331855/?utm_source=superhead



If he's running around getting shit-faced at parties in a foreign country, the HE becomes a jeopardy to the nation's "security".
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