Overview
- Flight-tracking and FAA records show a Department of Justice–registered jet flew from Manassas, Virginia, to State College, Pennsylvania, on October 25 and then continued to Nashville.
- Kash Patel was photographed at the Real American Freestyle event at Penn State alongside his girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins, who shared images on social media.
- The FBI has not confirmed whether Patel was a passenger on the flight, and no public passenger manifest has been released.
- Agency rules require the director to use government aircraft for secure communications and to reimburse the government for personal travel at commercial rates, and it is not known if repayment occurred for this trip.
- Criticism intensified from former agent Kyle Seraphin and others during the shutdown context, with prior reporting noting Patel’s repeated travel to Nashville previously described as field-office visits.