President Donald Trump is reportedly considering removing FBI Director Kash Patel from his position after growing frustrated with the mounting scandals surrounding the bureau chief's innovative approach to using taxpayer resources as a personal dating service, sources confirmed Tuesday.
The reconsideration comes after Patel has spent recent months pioneering the revolutionary concept of treating elite SWAT teams as private security guards for his country singer girlfriend and repurposing the FBI's expensive government aircraft fleet as his personal Uber service.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has reportedly grown weary of Patel's habit of posting premature case breakthroughs on social media before investigations are complete, an unorthodox strategy that officials describe as "potentially jeopardizing active cases" but that Patel insists is "keeping the American people informed in real time about stuff we're not totally sure about yet."
The controversy intensified after reports emerged that Patel assigned Nashville's FBI SWAT team—highly trained agents typically reserved for responding to mass shootings and terror attacks—to provide round-the-clock protection for his girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins. Former FBI officials noted this was the first known instance of a girlfriend of FBI leadership receiving her own taxpayer-funded security detail, though they acknowledged Patel's groundbreaking vision for expanding the bureau's mission.
The director also faced scrutiny after flying a specially equipped government jet to watch Wilkins perform the national anthem at a wrestling event in Pennsylvania, then shuttling her back to Nashville—all during a government shutdown. While FBI directors are required to use government aircraft for security reasons, critics suggested the requirement might not have been intended to facilitate interstate date nights.
Trump insiders say the President was particularly annoyed after Patel loudly berated a SWAT team commander for not keeping agents stationed with Wilkins after they secured an NRA convention venue, feeling their duties protecting the American public from actual threats was less important than making sure his girlfriend had company while chatting with fans.
Despite the alleged friction, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed the reports as "completely made up," posting a photo of Trump and Patel smiling together and giving thumbs up, which definitively proves that no workplace tensions have ever existed or will ever exist in the Trump administration.
