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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(12,340 posts)
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 06:26 AM Yesterday

Kash Patel's meltdown over a jacket

The damaging new dossier, obtained by the New York Post's Miranda Devine, detailed an embarrassing tantrum Patel allegedly threw after the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

Patel reportedly flew into Provo, Utah, on September 11, the day after the assassination, and refused to 'disembark from the plane without an FBI raid jacket.'
He did not have his own, and was so concerned about the optics that he pulled Salt Lake City FBI field agents from the investigation and ordered them to find him a medium-sized jacket.

They eventually tracked down one he could wear but embarrassingly, it belonged to a female agent.

Patel was reportedly fuming when he received the jacket and erupted when he noticed 'two areas on the upper sleeves did not have Velcro patches attached', and still refused to step off the plane.

Ultimately, 'members of an FBI SWAT Team took patches off their uniforms and ran those patches over' to stop Patel's outburst.
Only then did he disembark the plane, the report claims. 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15340879/kash-patel-FBI-explosive-report-dan-bongino.html

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Kash Patel's meltdown over a jacket (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday OP
LOL 😂 Emile Yesterday #1
It's all about the self-important optics. Costumes, and scripted speeches/talking points. Irish_Dem Yesterday #2
Exactly roscoeroscoe Yesterday #44
that describes the entire Trump administration DBoon Yesterday #51
Most likely, he gave popsdenver Yesterday #62
Second airplane carries her costumes, hair extensions, botox injections, stylist, beautician, Irish_Dem Yesterday #64
She truly was getting to be popsdenver 22 hrs ago #68
I always wonder what these gals had to do to in their job interview with Trump. Irish_Dem 22 hrs ago #70
Like I've always said popsdenver 22 hrs ago #71
Like I always said Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #72
This is the LilElf70 Yesterday #3
Dems should do what Repubs do, and use their full names as a negative: Kashyap Pramod Patel TheBlackAdder 22 hrs ago #69
Did Der orange Fuhrer teach him the CRY BABY antics? KS Toronado Yesterday #4
Who's Charlie Kirk? Gimpyknee Yesterday #5
Just Days After He Was Killed... ProfessorGAC Yesterday #29
Charlie Kirk? I think he was EriKKKa Vance's first husband... GopherGal 20 hrs ago #73
Still never heard of him... Smackdown2019 18 hrs ago #74
Interesting that this is being reported in a Rupert Murdoch paper. Scrivener7 Yesterday #6
Feels like Kash, Pete, and Bondi won't make it to season 2 newdeal2 Yesterday #13
R.upert must have received the word, dirty Patel's image. dem4decades Yesterday #28
boy, they sure like to play dress up. Javaman Yesterday #7
The thing is.... SergeStorms 15 hrs ago #76
Optics... 2naSalit Yesterday #8
Such infantile behavior... GiqueCee Yesterday #9
For 'the clothes' to 'make the man', 70sEraVet Yesterday #10
'Petty Kash' is almost as insecure as the Felon who gave him an important job to fail miserably at attempting Attilatheblond Yesterday #19
Well considering we first heard of him as vanlassie Yesterday #55
What a total ass. Vinca Yesterday #11
Waaaaaaah, I want my binkey. twodogsbarking Yesterday #12
Miranda Devine is a MAGA propagandist. speak easy Yesterday #14
Given J Edgar Hoover's "leanings" it is appropriate that yellowcanine Yesterday #15
As much as I hate(d) Hoover, the cross-dressing thing was invented by Truman Capote. But Hoover was a closeted gay and Dave Bowman Yesterday #37
I guess he is scared of a rapid deportation IbogaProject Yesterday #16
The Cosplay element of this entire administration is mind boggling. NoMoreRepugs Yesterday #17
A ten dollar man in a hundred dollar coat is still a ten dollar man. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #18
Both Patel and Noem are cosplayers ... and they're trying to out do one another FakeNoose Yesterday #20
Keystone Kash. Cosplaying as always. Queso Delicioso Yesterday #21
He's a Larper Renew Deal Yesterday #22
I still want to know mgardener Yesterday #23
Stefanik is pissed that Danascot Yesterday #45
My god, the boss from hell PatSeg Yesterday #24
they don't think or say anything that they might set off the polygraph. rampartd Yesterday #46
Good point PatSeg Yesterday #65
Instead of running around, looking for a jacket and patches, they should have told him 3Hotdogs Yesterday #25
We. Are. Doomed. czarjak Yesterday #26
Just give Baby Kash one of these, pat him on his bony little ass, and send him out to play. NBachers Yesterday #27
Our wonderful government Timewas Yesterday #30
So kash literally wears an empty suit BOSSHOG Yesterday #31
It's hilarious that Patel thinks anyone is looking at anything other than his crazy eyes. dem4decades Yesterday #32
Did he remember to bring his tiny chair? Kid Berwyn Yesterday #33
My guess is if the jacket kairos12 Yesterday #34
"I am not an illegal Indian immigrant. I AM DIRECTOR OF THE FBI!!!" dalton99a Yesterday #35
Aww he just wanted to play dress up. How old is he? 10? Dave Bowman Yesterday #36
Gotta love that ID badge. Norrrm Yesterday #38
Patel is a baby LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #39
Oh my god MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #40
The fact that this story got out shows that at least one person in the FBI does not like him. John1956PA Yesterday #41
Here it is... Prairie Gates Yesterday #42
When optics are more important than performance... Wounded Bear Yesterday #43
That's a nice jacket Boo1 Yesterday #47
LOL! Bayard Yesterday #60
LMAO! Every single one of the Felon's choices is so damaged. Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #48
ITA. Felon47 has the highest turnover rate of Ilsa 17 hrs ago #75
Kashyap Pramod Patel... have you heard of him? Blue Owl Yesterday #49
Patal, just another Trump loving weirdo. BradBo Yesterday #50
Would anyone here really expect Manson Eyes to behave normally? SheltieLover Yesterday #52
Lol MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #53
What the hell Traildogbob Yesterday #54
One wardrobe malfunction and suddenly these cosplayers act as if Torchlight Yesterday #56
Poor baby Cherokee100 Yesterday #57
I can't wait for his humiliation after being fired. Wipe that arrogant smug look right off his face. Marie Marie Yesterday #58
That bug-eyed shithead is trying to outdo Kristi Noem in the cosplay department. LudwigPastorius Yesterday #59
Pathetic JoseBalow Yesterday #61
Remember when Gingrich threw a tantrum on AF One...? Grins Yesterday #63
This effing child is in charge of the FBI? bluescribbler 23 hrs ago #66
So all of our major security agencies are being run by little divas. Crunchy Frog 23 hrs ago #67

Irish_Dem

(78,472 posts)
2. It's all about the self-important optics. Costumes, and scripted speeches/talking points.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 06:41 AM
Yesterday

Nothing of substance.
No attempt to be a public servant and work for the people.

roscoeroscoe

(1,796 posts)
44. Exactly
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 10:51 AM
Yesterday

It's all hat, no cattle... image, not substance... pantomime not reality.

"Where's my costume!"

popsdenver

(1,234 posts)
62. Most likely, he gave
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 04:37 PM
Yesterday

Krusty Noem his for her notoriously famous cosplay wardrobe......and that is why she has two brand new multi million dollar personal jets!
One jet is to carry her adulteress boy toy around with her, ......and the other to follow close, with her Barbie Style "dress up" uniforms............
Some reporter should ask Noem's legal husband if he enjoys being her cuckhold for the last year or two.....or maybe longer with other boy toys even before that......

Irish_Dem

(78,472 posts)
64. Second airplane carries her costumes, hair extensions, botox injections, stylist, beautician,
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 04:51 PM
Yesterday

massage therapist, speech writer, PR team, etc etc.

Oh and the drugs and booze.

popsdenver

(1,234 posts)
68. She truly was getting to be
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 06:39 PM
22 hrs ago

a middle-aged worn out hag, like all of Trump's close held tramps. They all went out, got a ton of plastic surgery, long hair like Melania's, Lipo, and most importantly the pre-requist...... "Republican Rack" demanded by Trump........
All of them.....Kari Lake, Pam Bondi, Bang-Bang Boebert, Kristi Noem, Karoline Leavitt, etc, etc, etc......if you google their college photos, they are all flat chested. The sad thing is, that when they went into the surgeon, he gave them all the choice of BOOBS or BRAINS, and their choice was: BOOBS...........Brains would have turned off Trump.....

Irish_Dem

(78,472 posts)
70. I always wonder what these gals had to do to in their job interview with Trump.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 06:47 PM
22 hrs ago

After they mutilate themselves and turn into ugly barbie dolls, I guess they do
whatever Trump wants.

popsdenver

(1,234 posts)
71. Like I've always said
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 06:54 PM
22 hrs ago

at least with crack whores, you know there are things THEY definitely WILL NOT DO, for ANY amount of money....

Irish_Dem

(78,472 posts)
72. Like I always said
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 08:17 PM
21 hrs ago

Sex workers have more honesty and integrity than any of the Trump ho bags.

TheBlackAdder

(29,909 posts)
69. Dems should do what Repubs do, and use their full names as a negative: Kashyap Pramod Patel
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 06:42 PM
22 hrs ago

Time for payback for all of those Barack Hussein Obama mentions used in a negative way.

ProfessorGAC

(75,472 posts)
29. Just Days After He Was Killed...
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 09:05 AM
Yesterday

...I posted a very similar sentiment and suggested that in a month he would be "Charlie Who?"
Now, I'm reading articles stating the the Rs did not the mileage from his assassination they thought they'd get.
This leads me back to a conclusion that all of this is a cult of personality for which there is no heir.

GopherGal

(2,751 posts)
73. Charlie Kirk? I think he was EriKKKa Vance's first husband...
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 08:34 PM
20 hrs ago

Gotta keep that in mind for future bar trivia games, though.

Smackdown2019

(1,326 posts)
74. Still never heard of him...
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 10:36 PM
18 hrs ago

Only hear how he is a martyr to the MAGA party... and his widow wife showing affection to the VICE-PRESIDENT. Wonder what the history books would print about this decade.... probably a chapter labeled "Bizarre"

As for that Kirk Fellow.... still never heard of him... but sounds to be a douchebag.

Which....is basically any MAGA Magot is.

Scrivener7

(57,979 posts)
6. Interesting that this is being reported in a Rupert Murdoch paper.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 07:23 AM
Yesterday

Behold your Frankenstein, Rupert.

newdeal2

(4,568 posts)
13. Feels like Kash, Pete, and Bondi won't make it to season 2
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 08:13 AM
Yesterday

Although I’m sure they’ll find someone even worse to replace them.

SergeStorms

(19,840 posts)
76. The thing is....
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 02:11 AM
15 hrs ago

Kirk was shot in the neck, so Pete Hogsbreath's vest would have done absolutely NADA to stop a lethal shot had anyone cared to shoot him. Face it, Pete, no one gives a crap about you.

2naSalit

(99,247 posts)
8. Optics...
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 07:45 AM
Yesterday

A lot of their alleged importance has to do with optics.

And yeah, they sure do like to play dress up.

GiqueCee

(3,117 posts)
9. Such infantile behavior...
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 07:46 AM
Yesterday

... is certainly in line with this regime's modus operandi. It is poisonous, and infects those who kneel in abject obeisance before the Orange Hellbeast and worship his malice and mendacity.
Gee, I hope the infection's not fatal. Heh, heh, heh.


(For the terminally obtuse)

70sEraVet

(5,170 posts)
10. For 'the clothes' to 'make the man',
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 07:55 AM
Yesterday

there has to be at least the germ of 'the man' to begin with.
It sounds like the jacket didn't really help --

Attilatheblond

(7,950 posts)
19. 'Petty Kash' is almost as insecure as the Felon who gave him an important job to fail miserably at attempting
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 08:42 AM
Yesterday

It is a huge insult to the men and women of the FBI and professional law enforcement in general to put such incompetence at the helm of the nations premier investigative service.

edited for typo

vanlassie

(6,206 posts)
55. Well considering we first heard of him as
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 01:54 PM
Yesterday

“An aide to Devin Nunes…” he rose fast and is gonna fall harder.

Dave Bowman

(6,383 posts)
37. As much as I hate(d) Hoover, the cross-dressing thing was invented by Truman Capote. But Hoover was a closeted gay and
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 09:37 AM
Yesterday

a hypocrite. Going after gay people while being a closeted gay man is repulsive. Roy Cohn is another fine example.

IbogaProject

(5,478 posts)
16. I guess he is scared of a rapid deportation
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 08:24 AM
Yesterday

So lets cut our law enforcement chief some slack as due process is being ignored and he could very well be grabbed, dragged cross country and even deported to Africa within days.

FakeNoose

(39,732 posts)
20. Both Patel and Noem are cosplayers ... and they're trying to out do one another
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 08:43 AM
Yesterday

.. and .of course the American media plays along.

mgardener

(2,253 posts)
23. I still want to know
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 08:51 AM
Yesterday

What Patel, Stefanik & Kevin McCarthy discussed with Trump in the Oval office on Jan 4th.

Patel and Stefanik were rewarded while McCarthy went home to California.


Danascot

(5,151 posts)
45. Stefanik is pissed that
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 11:06 AM
Yesterday

trump pulled her nomination to be ambassador to the UN. After ass-kissing for years that's what she gets.

PatSeg

(51,628 posts)
24. My god, the boss from hell
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 08:52 AM
Yesterday

Just imagine what the FBI agents he commands think and say about him behind closed doors.

PatSeg

(51,628 posts)
65. Good point
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 05:00 PM
Yesterday

Though I don't think they can help but think it. It must be hell having him in charge.

3Hotdogs

(14,867 posts)
25. Instead of running around, looking for a jacket and patches, they should have told him
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 08:55 AM
Yesterday

they are flying one in from his office in D.C. --- see if he sits on the plane for 4 hours or whines and gets off the plane.

dalton99a

(91,436 posts)
35. "I am not an illegal Indian immigrant. I AM DIRECTOR OF THE FBI!!!"
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 09:19 AM
Yesterday

Last edited Mon Dec 1, 2025, 11:03 AM - Edit history (1)



Prairie Gates

(6,942 posts)
42. Here it is...
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 10:40 AM
Yesterday
?

This is the dipshit upon his arrival in Utah. A medium? I think it's time for Mr. Patel to be more honest with himself!



The patch on his right shoulder indeed is "FBI SWAT Salt Lake City Division * Idaho Montana Utah," so that tracks.

The other patch is also FBI SWAT, Salt Lake City Division (different than the right arm, though):

Wounded Bear

(63,620 posts)
43. When optics are more important than performance...
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 10:43 AM
Yesterday

that's what you get, a bunch of pampered brats.

Kinda defines the trump era.

Buddyzbuddy

(1,969 posts)
48. LMAO! Every single one of the Felon's choices is so damaged.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 01:31 PM
Yesterday

The Felon has put together a collection of misfits damaged beyond repair. I can't wait for the hearings.

The criminality of their actions won't be the only thing exposed but I'm sure we'll be somewhat befuddled and amused by their stupidity on display. Unfortunately at the expense of America. I'm surprised the Felon with his fragile ego doesn't realize how much of a reflection these choices are about him and his inability to "pick the best people".

Ilsa

(63,663 posts)
75. ITA. Felon47 has the highest turnover rate of
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 11:59 PM
17 hrs ago

any administration, ever. He fires people. People get run out from embarrassment of being huge fuckups. Others leave because they don't want to lose their license or end up in prison.

He's afraid to hire genuinely qualified people because he thinks they'll make him look dumb. (Actually, they don't play a part in that.)

Traildogbob

(12,285 posts)
54. What the hell
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 01:52 PM
Yesterday

Is the Budget for his and Noems outfit needs? Somewhere around the defense budgets levels?
Yet kids are not eating, and sick need to die.
As Jebus demanded. Look it up, in the Trump auto penned BuyBull.
Merry Christmas to the Jewish refugee family.
Wait, if Mary was Jewish and Joseph as well, but did not partake, what exactly is God’s ethnicity?
The cult needs to know. White American?????
If God is supreme AND white, well, there ya go.
Megan has an argument.

Torchlight

(6,190 posts)
56. One wardrobe malfunction and suddenly these cosplayers act as if
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 01:55 PM
Yesterday

the entire universe just personally insulted them .I wish I were naive enough to believe a jacket could hide my own glaring flaws and colossal failures.

Marie Marie

(10,789 posts)
58. I can't wait for his humiliation after being fired. Wipe that arrogant smug look right off his face.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 03:49 PM
Yesterday

Grins

(9,167 posts)
63. Remember when Gingrich threw a tantrum on AF One...?
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 04:47 PM
Yesterday

Made all the papers. This is just as bad.

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