Kash Patel’s nation music girlfriend breaks silence on him chugging beer with USA hockey staff as FBI was ‘providing security’ at Olympics | EUROtoday

FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend has accused conservatives angered by his partying on the Winter Olympics of falling “victim to the fake news” and insisted the Bureau was “providing security” on the occasion.

Aspiring nation music singer Alexis Wilkins, 27, mentioned she would solely briefly tackle the uproar over Patel’s journey whereas answering questions on present affairs on her Rumble present “Between the Headlines” Wednesday.

“What I will say is the Bureau has long-been in charge of providing security for the Olympics and that’s what was happening,” Wilkins mentioned in response to a query about Patel misusing authorities assets to drink beer with the U.S. males’s hockey staff in Milan after their gorgeous defeat of Canada.

Without citing a information outlet or particular story, Wilkins indicated that the media had wrongly reported on her 46-year-old boyfriend’s four-day journey, the place he watched the ultimate after which celebrated within the locker room with Team USA after their gold medal win.

“I think people run things in the media in order to cause an outrage and I’ve never seen so many conservatives fall victim to the fake news,” Wilkins mentioned.

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Patel has defended his presence with the boys’s hockey staff, claiming he was “invited” to rejoice within the locker room after their win. The FBI director then facilitated a dialog with the staff and President Donald Trump, through which the president invited the boys to the State of the Union tackle.

FBI Spokesperson Ben Williamson has additionally refuted characterizations that Patel went to Italy for private causes, saying the journey had been deliberate for months with scheduled conferences and safety briefings.

“Director Patel had highly productive meetings in Italy focused on strengthening joint counterterrorism coordination, transnational crime enforcement, the extradition of high-value targets and Olympic security planning with our closest allies,” Williamson mentioned in an announcement.

However, an inner schedule of Patel’s journey, obtained by the New York Timesindicated the FBI director was given hours of downtime between work conferences, meet-and-greets, non-public meals and “cultural activities.”

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Williamson mentioned “leaking” Patel’s schedule was a “criminal act that jeopardizes security and will not be taken lightly.”

Since turning into FBI director, Patel has been accused of misusing the FBI jet for private journey, together with visits to Wilkins. Patel has defended himself and identified that, as FBI director, he’s required to make use of the jet for private and enterprise journey. The director is meant to reimburse the federal government at the price of a business ticket for private journey.

Whistleblowers have additionally aired complaints about Patel’s inner administration fashion, accusing the FBI director of caring extra about his public picture and pleasing Trump than working the Bureau successfully. The FBI and Patel have pushed again on these claims.