FBI Ousts Leader as Patel Fumes Over Attention to Agency Jet Use

[douglas9]

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.

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.

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.

Palmer was told he needed to immediately resign or be fired, which the individuals said was at least partially connected to Patel’s fury over the negative media cycle on his personal travel.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fbi-ousts-leader-as-patel-fumes-over-attention-to-agency-jet-use

[Irish_Dem]

1. He doesn't feel ashamed by his bad behavior. He is angry when his crimes are exposed.

Like Trump, another psychopath.

[GiqueCee]

2. Was it even Palmer...

... that exposed Patel's weasel stunt? That flight information is publicly available. Patel's just another petty, mean-spirited skidmark who tries to cloak his incompetence by bullying everyone around him. The sooner he's fired, the better.

[tanyev]

3. "country music artist...who sang the national anthem at a wrestling match"

There’s a lot to process in that sentence.

I’ve never understood this idea that athletic events (other than the Olympics) are somehow a patriotic celebration, but a college wrestling match seems especially low on that continuum.

There aren’t a lot of country singers for whom I would use the term artist, but there are a few—however, it’s highly unlikely they would be available to sing the national anthem at a college wrestling match.

This seems like such a trivial thing for Patel to attend at all, much less use an FBI jet to get there. I guess there’s no danger of this “artist” performing at the Ryman or Country Music Awards anytime soon?

I saw a picture of her and she is quite attractive. Perhaps this is the most attractive woman that was ever interested in Patel and he’s pulling out all the stops he’s currently got to try to impress her.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. In Complete Agreement

He used government assets to fly to see her sing one song?
The song last 90 seconds.
And, it was an athletic event they hold at least weekly. Not exactly one shining moment.
I concur with all the rest over your thoughts on this matter, too.

[Hey Joe]

5. Though this administration rants about the

perceived wasteful spending in government,
actions like this and many others continue to proliferate daily.
Noems purchase of jets, the east wing ballroom and marble bathroom. Trump and Vance’s non-stop vacations.
But we knew they were all hypocritical liars.