{"id":39099,"date":"2025-11-02T09:09:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T13:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=39099"},"modified":"2025-11-02T10:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T14:35:37","slug":"institutional-corruption-on-steroids-fbi-ousts-leader-as-patel-fumes-over-attention-to-agency-jet-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=39099","title":{"rendered":"

INSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION ON STEROIDS! FBI Ousts Leader as Patel Fumes Over Attention to Agency Jet Use<\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after Director Kash Patel grew outraged about revelations of his publicly-available jet logs indicating he\u2019d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform, said three people familiar with the situation.<\/p>\n

Steven Palmer, a 27-year veteran of the FBI, became the third head of the critical incident response group\u2014which includes FBI pilots\u2014to be fired or removed in Patel\u2019s short regime, adding to a year filled with retributive terminations.<\/p>\n

His exit was made official Friday, and a replacement to head the bureau\u2019s crisis management operations including hostage rescue and bomb detection, has already been posted on the FBI\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Patel was angered this week by social media posts and news stories calling attention to his use of an FBI jet that arrived in State College, Pennsylvania, where his girlfriend, country music artist Alexis Wilkins, sang the national anthem at a wrestling match, said the individuals, who spoke anonymously out of fear of retaliation.<\/p>\n

Palmer was told he needed to immediately resign or be fired, which the individuals said was at least partially connected to Patel\u2019s fury over the negative media cycle on his personal travel.<\/p>\n

Palmer\u2019s position included supervising the FBI\u2019s aviation units, but\u00a0Patel\u2019s flight schedule<\/a>\u00a0was readily traceable through online tracking services and he\u00a0reposted photos<\/a>\u00a0of himself with Wilkins at the event on his personal X account.<\/p>\n

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