Overview
- Flight data show a DOJ-registered jet flew from Manassas, Virginia, to State College, Pennsylvania, on October 25, aligning with Kash Patel’s appearance at a Penn State wrestling event.
- Social-media posts by country singer Alexis Wilkins, Patel’s girlfriend, placed the pair at the Real American Freestyle event that day.
- The same aircraft later departed State College for Nashville, Tennessee, where Wilkins lives, according to the reported flight logs.
- The FBI has not released a passenger manifest, and it remains unclear what Patel reimbursed for any personal portions of the travel.
- Patel says Congress requires him to use secure-equipped government aircraft and to repay personal travel at commercial rates, though critics note he faulted Christopher Wray in 2023 for similar use of a jet; earlier reporting shows some Nashville trips included official field-office visits.