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BumRushDaShow

(174,284 posts)
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 10:25 AM 8 hrs ago

Patel cancels flight to visit girlfriend for last-minute White House meeting as frustrations mount: report

Source: The Independent

Friday 10 July 2026 22:27 EDT


FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly canceled a planned trip to visit his girlfriend in Chicago as his plane was on the tarmac when frustrated White House officials summoned him to Washington for a meeting.

“Patel was coming (to Chicago) today for a fake office visit for his girlfriend’s country concert this weekend,” a source briefed on the trip told MS Now.

The outlet reported that while the precise reason for the meeting was unclear, Trump administration officials have been growing increasingly “disturbed” by Patel’s recent actions, including his plans to leave town amid the re-escalation of the Iran war and the alleged threats against the president, as well as his Friday morning tweet claiming to own a “gold plated” jet ski.

In a social media post, Patel called the report by MS Now “all false except one thing.” “I was at the White House, true, and the fake news will find out why soon,” he added.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/kash-patel-cancel-flight-girlfriend-white-house-fbi-b3013014.html



It's like he was promised that he could do anything he wanted without repercussions.
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Patel cancels flight to visit girlfriend for last-minute White House meeting as frustrations mount: report (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago OP
I can't believe he's lasted this long Bayard 7 hrs ago #1
What, no n***ie on our dime? jeffreyi 6 hrs ago #2
So he is flying around on the FBI's Gulf Stream jet on America's dime to go and use his gold plated .... Botany 1 hr ago #3

jeffreyi

(2,626 posts)
2. What, no n***ie on our dime?
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 12:52 PM
6 hrs ago

When I was a lowly Fed, such behavior was vehemently forbidden. Would get you fired.

Botany

(78,429 posts)
3. So he is flying around on the FBI's Gulf Stream jet on America's dime to go and use his gold plated ....
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 05:02 PM
1 hr ago

…. jet ski?

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