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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHeckuva job, Kashy.
Kash-y And The Jets
Wonder if anyone will lose their job for this insult to Charlie Kirk?
DOKTOR ZOOM
FEB 25, 2026

Now theres a transparency Ill be getting some use out of
Worldwide party animal, social media shitposter, and occasional FBI Director Kash Patel has somehow gotten himself into a spot of bother over his trip to Milan, where he personally protected all the USA athletes from terrorism, or at least had a fun vacation on the public dime and chugged beer with the mens hockey team. PBS headlined its AP coverage of the story with typical PBS solemnity: Patels appearance at U.S. mens hockey celebration renews scrutiny of FBI directors travels.
That story notes that the always-annoying White House comms director Steven Cheung told a reporter, annoyingly, dont be mad because America won, so there. ... But yes, Patels latest jet-fueled adventure has renewed that scrutiny, and its once more
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Wonder if anyone will lose their job for this insult to Charlie Kirk?
DOKTOR ZOOM
FEB 25, 2026

Now theres a transparency Ill be getting some use out of
Worldwide party animal, social media shitposter, and occasional FBI Director Kash Patel has somehow gotten himself into a spot of bother over his trip to Milan, where he personally protected all the USA athletes from terrorism, or at least had a fun vacation on the public dime and chugged beer with the mens hockey team. PBS headlined its AP coverage of the story with typical PBS solemnity: Patels appearance at U.S. mens hockey celebration renews scrutiny of FBI directors travels.
That story notes that the always-annoying White House comms director Steven Cheung told a reporter, annoyingly, dont be mad because America won, so there. ... But yes, Patels latest jet-fueled adventure has renewed that scrutiny, and its once more
Kash Patel in 2023: âIâm just saying [FBI Director] Chris Wray doesnât need a government-funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. ,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.â
(Patel charged taxpayers approximately ,000 so he could take a private jet to Milan)
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N708JH Aircraft Registration
Aircraft Summary
Summary2019 GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORP GV-SP (G550)
Fixed wing multi engine
(20 seats / 2 engines)
OwnerUNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON , DC, US
(Government)
Airworthiness ClassStandard/Transport
Serial Number5599
EngineROLLS DEUT BR700-710C411 (Turbo-fan)
Thrust: 15385lbs
WeightOver 20,000lbs
SpeedNot defined
Mode S Code052271426 / A97316
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Aircraft Summary
Summary2019 GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORP GV-SP (G550)
Fixed wing multi engine
(20 seats / 2 engines)
OwnerUNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON , DC, US
(Government)
Airworthiness ClassStandard/Transport
Serial Number5599
EngineROLLS DEUT BR700-710C411 (Turbo-fan)
Thrust: 15385lbs
WeightOver 20,000lbs
SpeedNot defined
Mode S Code052271426 / A97316
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Heckuva job, Kashy. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
3 hrs ago
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tanyev
(48,999 posts)1. It's OK, he has a sincerely held belief that Chris Wray does not need a government-funded jet
to go on vacations, but Kash Patel does. See?
2naSalit
(101,594 posts)2. Is he wearing...
Shoulder pads under that jersey? I noticed it in the video in the locker-room.