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F.B.I. Director Kash Patel Engaged to Country Singer Girlfriend Alexis Wilkins: ‘Went and Got the Law Involved’

The couple have been dating since 2023.

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Oct 7, 2026 · byBillboard

Meet Alexis Wilkins, the country singer and political commentator engaged to FBI director Kash Patel

FBI director Kash Patel is engaged to Alexis Wilkins, a conservative political commentator and country singer who is 19 years his junior.

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Oct 6, 2026 · byBusiness Insider

FBI's spy hunting squads hit with deep cuts even as foreign espionage threats soar

The cuts come as a consequence of President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel's focus on violent crime and immigration, leaving other priorities understaffed.

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Oct 6, 2026 · byNPR

Kash Patel Is Engaged to Country Singer Alexis Wilkins

The director of the F.B.I. and his girlfriend announced their engagement on social media over the weekend.

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Oct 5, 2026 · byThe New York Times

FBI Director Kash Patel Engaged to Partner Alexis Wilkins

FBI director Kash Patel has a new case to investigate — but this one is personal. Kash is getting married to his girlfriend -- now fiancé -- country music singer Alexis Wilkins, and the top G-Man will now be tasked with finding the perfect…

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Oct 5, 2026 · byTMZ

FBI Director Kash Patel gets engaged to longtime girlfriend

FBI Director Kash Patel and longtime girlfriend Alexis Wilkins are announcing their engagement on social media

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Oct 5, 2026 · byABC News

FBI Director Kash Patel gets engaged to longtime girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins

FBI Director Kash Patel and longtime girlfriend Alexis Wilkins are announcing their engagement on social media

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Oct 5, 2026 · byThe Independent

Kash Patel, girlfriend announce engagement

FBI Director Kash Patel is engaged to Alexis Wilkins, the couple revealed on Sunday. “Went and got the law involved,” Wilkins wrote on social platform X, adding ring and heart emojis, tagging Patel and sharing a photo of the two featuring her wearing an engagement ring. The FBI director responded to Wilkins using his personal…

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Oct 5, 2026 · byThe Hill

FBI deputy director announces he’s leaving post

FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey said Monday he is departing the bureau roughly a year after joining the Trump administration. Bailey, in a post on social platform X, thanked President Trump, Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel “for the opportunity to serve” in the post. “With great pride in what we have…

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Sep 28, 2026 · byThe Hill

Two veteran FBI counterterrorism leaders demoted after declining to investigate harassing phone calls to Katie Miller

According to reports, Stephen Miller and Kash Patel were upset that the two FBI agents questioned the legitimacy of the investigation

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Sep 27, 2026 · byThe Independent

RCMP says no sign of interrupted investigations following FBI's outcry over CBC

The head of the RCMP says there's no evidence to suggest investigations were impacted following a report last week that FBI Director Kash Patel temporarily halted co-operation with the Mounties in retaliation for an internal CBC memo.

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Sep 24, 2026 · byCBC News

Patel says FBI has used AI to stop school shootings

FBI Director Kash Patel said Saturday the agency used AI to stop half a dozen school shootings and upped its use of the technology by 605 percent since he took the position. Appearing on Fox News’ “Saturday in America,” host Kayleigh McEnany asked Patel about a statement he made in March claiming the FBI had…

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Sep 19, 2026 · byThe Hill

F.B.I. Temporarily Halted Cooperation With Canada Over References to 9/11

The abrupt move by Kash Patel, the bureau’s director, came as President Trump was ramping up his attacks on the country.

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Sep 18, 2026 · byThe New York Times

Patel rips Democrats after clashes at hearing: ‘Buffoons’

FBI Director Kash Patel rebuked Democratic lawmakers who criticized him on Tuesday during an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, accusing them of acting “like buffoons on Capitol Hill.” “This FBI, under my leadership and President Trump’s administration, is here for the people of America, not for the cacophony of the United States Senate…

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Sep 16, 2026 · byThe Hill

Moment Kash Patel’s senate hearing takes bizarre turn

Moment Kash Patel's senate hearing takes bizarre turn

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Sep 16, 2026 · byAl Jazeera

Kash Patel loosened rules to allow 'bestiality victims' into FBI

FBI Director Kash Patel has been quizzed by Senator John Kennedy over a decision to remove bestiality as an automatic disqualifier for FBI applicants.

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Sep 16, 2026 · byThe Sydney Morning Herald

Senate Democrats press Patel on elections, media: 5 takeaways

FBI Director Kash Patel fielded questions on everything from bestiality to whether the FBI might aid in any efforts to interfere in the midterms on Tuesday. Like his former colleague Attorney General Pam Bondi, he came to the Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing with opposition on Democratic lawmakers, though Patel largely pushed back against Democratic attacks…

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Sep 15, 2026 · byThe Hill

Kash Patel grilled on Epstein, FBI staffing — and bestiality policy — in tense Senate hearing

The FBI director has come under intense scrutiny for his leadership of the federal law enforcement agency, which Democrats say has become a political cudgel for the Trump administration.

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Sep 15, 2026 · byCourthouse News

Kash Patel’s bizarre Senate hearing went from an argument about bestiality to outright insults

In one of the strangest Trump administration appearances yet, Patel made jokes about canines and had to clarify he is not ‘into’ animal sex before getting into a yelling match with a Democratic senator about the midterms, writes Holly Baxter

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Sep 15, 2026 · byThe Independent

The FBI Doubles Down on Easing ‘Bestiality’ Hiring Standards

FBI director Kash Patel claimed to US senators that the removal of a bar on hiring people who had engaged in bestiality was aimed at protecting sexual assault survivors.

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Sep 15, 2026 · byWIRED

Kash Patel Grilled About Bestiality Rules in FBI Hiring

Kash Patel is feeling the heat on Capitol Hill over the FBI removing bestiality as a disqualifier to become an agent ... a regulation that, as you can imagine, raised a bunch of eyebrows. The FBI Director testified Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary…

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Sep 15, 2026 · byTMZ

Kash Patel defends FBI hiring policy on applicants who have engaged in bestiality

Senators question FBI chief on move to cut restrictions on agent applicants who have engaged in bestiality US politics live – latest updates FBI director Kash Patel defended his agency’s decision to roll back restrictions on agent applicants who have previously engaged in bestiality, arguing the FBI “did not want to punish victims of bestiality” by automatically disqualifying them. The unusual topic of bestiality emerged during a Senate judiciary committee oversight hearing on Tuesday after Democrat Dick Durbin and Republican John Kennedy questioned Patel’s decision to remove barriers that previously prevented applicants who engaged in prostitution and bestiality from being qualified for a job at the FBI. Continue reading...

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Sep 15, 2026 · byThe Guardian

FBI’s Kash Patel defends hiring policy change on bestiality, prostitution

Policy change sparks heated Senate debate; critics question its timing amid challenges in attracting new FBI agents.

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Sep 15, 2026 · byAl Jazeera

GOP senator presses Patel on FBI policy change: ‘Why would you get into bestiality?’

It’s not a topic often discussed in the halls of Congress, but Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) grilled FBI Director Kash Patel as he said he was just “trying to understand” a recent change in policy regarding bestiality. The line of questioning on Tuesday was sparked by a shift in FBI hiring practices which lifted longtime…

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Sep 15, 2026 · byThe Hill