Kash Patel Is Acting Like a Wannabe Influencer, Not an FBI Director
Kash Patel, the director of the FBI, using a government plane to attend a hockey game overseas. Locker room beer chugging. The sitting president on speakerphone. Reports of a girlfriend traveling with a security footprint. Banners bearing President Donald Trump’s image hanging outside the Justice Department building. All while high-profile cases linger, victims seek justice, cartel violence escalates, and a wannabe assassin was killed by authorities at Mar-a-Lago.
Each episode, taken individually, comes with an explanation. Senior officials travel on government aircraft. Presidents congratulate championship teams. Security details are often broader than the public understands. Buildings reflect the priorities of the administration in power. None of this, standing alone, establishes misconduct.
But the issue isn’t just a few isolated moments; it’s the pattern. Leaders at this level are judged over time, and increasingly by the images they generate. When those images lean toward spectacle, self-serving obsequiousness, and fame, the burden falls on the institution to convince a skeptical public that nothing fundamental has changed.
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