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Members of Congress are calling for a probe into the use of a taxpayer-funded airplane by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel, shown on Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rhode Island\u2019s congressional delegates want to know more after the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday asked the congressional watchdog office to investigate FBI Director Kash Patel\u2019s alleged misuse of government aircraft.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat and Senate Democratic Whip, accused Patel of delaying the arrival of a specialized FBI team to Providence the morning after the Dec. 13 mass shooting at Brown University, which killed two students and injured nine others. Durbin sent a <\/span>letter<\/span><\/a> grounded in whistleblower disclosures to the Government Accountability Office and the Justice Department\u2019s inspector general demanding a probe of whether Patel\u2019s travel flouted rules regarding non-governmental use.<\/span><\/p>\n

MS Now <\/span>broke the story<\/span><\/a> on Durbin\u2019s letter Tuesday, reporting that an FBI evidence analysis team was forced to drive through the night from Quantico, Virginia, to Providence because Patel was in South Florida, leaving them\u00a0 with \u201cno FBI plane available to take them to Rhode Island.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cKash Patel has seemingly engaged in what amounts to irresponsible joyriding on DOJ and FBI-operated aircraft at the expense of the American taxpayer and to the detriment of ongoing Bureau operations,\u201d Durbin wrote in his letter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Durbin also noted Patel\u2019s appearance Sunday in post-game footage from the U.S. Men\u2019s Hockey Team locker room after their gold-medal victory over Canada in the 2026 Winter Olympics, which \u201coccurred on the same weekend an armed intruder attempted to breach President Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago residence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When asked for comment on Durbin\u2019s letter or its claims Wednesday, both the FBI\u2019s regional Boston office and its national outfit referred to X posts by Ben Williamson, the assistant director for public affairs for the FBI.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Williamson <\/span>wrote<\/span><\/a> on X Tuesday, \u201cThe Brown U thing is totally false,\u201d before going on to address similar claims in Durbin\u2019s letter regarding the FBI response to Charlie Kirk\u2019s murder.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDurbin and whoever he\u2019s speaking to are full of it,\u201d Williamson wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n

But those allegations also undergirded MS NOW\u2019s reporting, which cited three sources and a whistleblower account received by Durbin\u2019s office, one which claims Patel was in Florida on Dec. 13 and did not fly back until the afternoon of Dec. 14, leaving planes unavailable for the needed FBI team.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both the MS NOW account and Durbin\u2019s letter state that Patel ordered the bureau\u2019s Hostage Rescue Team \u2014 a specialized counterterrorism unit \u2014 placed on standby, thereby freezing use of the second plane by any other FBI team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result, Durbin\u2019s letter stated, \u201c[T]he team had to drive from Quantico, Virginia to Providence, Rhode Island overnight during a winter storm to reach the scene by 9:00 a.m. the following morning to immediately process evidence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

FBI spokesperson Williamson was quoted in the MS NOW story, \u201cThis was not immediately a case with federal nexus. It was a state-led homicide investigation. FBI was in an assisting role until later.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Williamson <\/span>reiterated<\/span><\/a> on X that FBI agents were on scene about two hours after the shooting happened. He added that the media outlet had \u201cconveniently\u201d left out that the investigation was state-led and that, \u201cIf the Director happens to be out of town, he always offers the plane if needed anyway \u2013 and he did so here.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t needed,\u201d Williamson wrote. \u201cAgain, MS NOW was given this context and left this out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Kristy dosReis, a spokesperson for the Providence Police Department, said via email Wednesday that the investigation \u201cbegan immediately.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLocal agents from the FBI in Boston were on scene with PPD personnel from the outset and assisted throughout the response and subsequent investigation,\u201d dosReis said. \u201cWe have no information indicating any delays in the FBI\u2019s response.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Chorus of condemnation<\/h4>\n

Durbin\u2019s letter quickly led to a congressional pile on from Rhode Island\u2019s all-Democratic delegation.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse \u2014 often the most acerbic of the four delegates in his public assessments of President Donald Trump\u2019s administration \u2014 did not stray from his usual tone.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Patel has neither the experience nor the judgment to lead the primary agency tasked with keeping Americans safe,\u201d Whitehouse said in a statement. \u201cThe man is a clown.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is completely unacceptable that Rhode Islanders\u2019 lives may have been placed in greater danger after the Brown University shooting because Kash Patel used a taxpayer funded FBI aircraft to go on vacation instead of making it available to investigators needed to respond to the Brown shooting,\u201d Rep. Seth Magaziner said in a statement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Patel\u2019s \u201cpotential misuse of an FBI jet during a time when it should have been all hands on deck reflects a troubling pattern of abusing taxpayer funds and poor judgment that has real consequences,\u201d Rep. Gabe Amo said in his statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

A statement from Rhode Island\u2019s eldermost statesman, Sen. Jack Reed, began with a note of caution: \u201cIf this whistleblower report is accurate,\u201d Reed wrote. \u201cthen Director Patel needs to be held accountable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Reed called on Patel to \u201cimmediately disclose the details of his flight to Florida, weekend activities, and the administrative decisions that made other FBI aircraft unavailable for the evidence response team to use the day of the Brown shooting.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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If this whistleblower report is accurate, then Director Patel needs to be held accountable. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2013 Democratic U.S. Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Reed promised he would also \u201cwork on a parallel track through the Appropriations Subcommittee\u201d to further dig into the FBI\u2019s budget and \u201cget to the bottom of this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

On Wednesday morning, Williamson <\/span>quote-tweeted<\/span><\/a> a Boston Globe reporter\u2019s post which partially quoted the delegation\u2019s remarks, and responded to two claims contained therein.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Responding to Reed\u2019s demand for knowledge on Patel\u2019s Florida trip, Williamson wrote that the director \u201cwas visiting his elderly parents in Florida.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As for the aircraft issue raised by Durbin, Williamson wrote, \u201cThe \u2018unavailable aircraft\u2019 thing is made up, not how it works, and did not affect the FBI\u2019s Brown U assistance \u2013 as we\u2019ve explained in detail already.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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This story was originally produced by Rhode Island Current<\/a>, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Missouri Independent, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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