Overview
- MSNOW, citing three unnamed sources, reported that Director Kash Patel ordered agents protecting Alexis Wilkins to drive her allegedly intoxicated friend home in Nashville, with the directive said to have occurred more than once.
- The outlet also reported that Patel called the head of Wilkins’s detail and yelled over the issue, a claim presented without on-the-record sources.
- Wilkins publicly mocked the story on X, calling it false and dismissing the cited sources as imaginary.
- FBI spokesperson Ben Williamson said he checked with Wilkins, Patel, and the protective detail and found no corroboration or record that the incident occurred.
- Coverage notes broader scrutiny of Patel’s leadership, including questions about an atypical security arrangement for Wilkins and investigations into his use of a government jet, even as President Trump has voiced support for him.