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Flight Logs Tie DOJ Jet to Kash Patel’s Trip to Partner’s Performance, Prompting Scrutiny

Federal rules designate the FBI chief a 'required use' traveler who reimburses personal trips at an equivalent coach fare.

Kash Patel allegedly used the jet to attend his girlfriend's singing performance at a wrestling event in Pennsylvania.
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Overview

  • Open-source trackers show DOJ-registered jet N708JH flying from Manassas to State College on Oct. 25 before departing to Nashville that night.
  • Alexis Wilkins posted photos with Patel at the Real American Freestyle event at Penn State, aligning with the plane’s arrival window.
  • Newsrooms report no public passenger manifest and the FBI has not confirmed who was aboard, with fact-checkers submitting FOIA requests for records.
  • Guidance from OMB and GAO requires the FBI director to use government aircraft for all travel and to repay personal segments at the commercial coach rate.
  • Coverage notes prior criticism of Patel’s travel patterns and his past jabs at predecessors’ jet use, as some critics also pointed to the trip’s timing during a shutdown with delayed pay.