You would be hard-pressed to find someone in the Trump administration enjoying their job more than FBI Director Kash Patel. Despite holding one of the most high-pressure roles in the federal government, he’s managed to find plenty of time for leisure to balance out the stress. And having ridden President Donald Trump’s coattails this far, Patel seems to believe that nothing can knock him off his stride.
A letter sent from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, first reported by MS NOW, could help disabuse Patel of that notion. The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who has long had the director’s back in public, has questions about the lavish lifestyle he seems to be enjoying at least in part on the taxpayer’s dime. Common sense should tell Patel this would be a perfect opportunity to lay low — but the odds that he’ll heed this flashing warning light are slim.
Grassley’s interest in the director living it up doesn’t spell Patel’s immediate downfall. It does, however, open the door to the kind of scrutiny he’s managed to avoid from Republicans despite multiple screwups.
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