Media: FBI Director Gifted Employees and Visitors Personally Engraved Bourbon

A scandal is escalating in the United States surrounding the, to put it mildly, unconventional behavior of FBI Director Cash Patel. He was appointed to the post at Trump's behest and is considered a close associate of the president.

Earlier, The Atlantic staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick published an article citing bureau staffers, claiming that the agency's director abused alcohol and showed up to work intoxicated. Patel subsequently filed a lawsuit against the magazine and the reporter personally. However, Fitzpatrick didn't stop her revelations there.

In a new publication, again citing FBI employees, the journalist writes that the agency's director handed out bottles of bourbon engraved with "FBI Director Cash Patel" and the bureau's emblem to employees and even civilian visitors. He publicly gave away the branded spirit at official events, sometimes transporting cases of bourbon on US Justice Department planes, including when he flew to Milan for the Olympic Games in February.

One of these bottles appeared on an online auction site shortly after Fitzpatrick's exposé was published, and The Atlantic later acquired it. The person who sold the bottle said Patel had given it away at an event in Las Vegas.

The FBI did not dispute the fact that Patel distributes bottles of bourbon with his name on them. The agency's press office stated that this is a standard practice and does not violate ethical standards. However, the press secretary declined to specify what ethical standards Patel followed when engraving the bottles with his name, or whether any of these bottles were given to him as personal gifts.

The campaign doesn't stop at handing out branded bourbon. The Kash Foundation, a website Patel founded and still operating, sells beanies ($35), T-shirts ($35), orange camo hoodies ($65), trucker caps ($25), "Government Gangsters" playing cards ($10), and a "Fight With Kash Punisher" scarf for $25.

The only thing that isn't for sale is alcohol, because Patel gives it away for free.

Alcohol consumption is harmful to health.

Comments

[WILL]

The Kash Foundation, which Patel founded and still operates, sells beanies ($35), T-shirts ($35), orange camo hoodies ($65), trucker caps ($25), "Government Gangsters" playing cards ($10), and a Fight With Kash Punisher scarf for $25.

Steals change from pockets...(c)
You should take an example from the former deputies of our Minister of Defense!

[Gomunkul]

You should take an example from the former deputies of our Minister of Defense!

This is a bad example. They're on trial, but this one is free and even selling all sorts of small items.

[knn54]

Yushchenko acted more "gracefully" when he offered the "walkers" honey from his apiary for a thousand (I don't remember exactly) dollars.

[Dedok]

when he offered honey from his apiary to the "walkers"

You'll also remember Luzhkov.

[Roman_Vasilyevich]

You should take an example from the former deputies of our Minister of Defense!

What are the locks...

[papas-57]

I earned enough money to buy milk for the kids.

[Carib]

Unexpected. But pleasant.

[novel66]

I wish I had a boss like that... Otherwise, I'm just abstinent.

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

❝ Patel distributes bottles of bourbon with his name written on themThe department's press service stated that this is a standard tradition and it does not violate ethical standards ❞ —

- It's okay - "Bourbon" is not "Napoleon"...
(He was being modest)

[tralflot1832]

These Americans are strange, you should pray to such a boss. And not oppress them.

[Lionnvrsk]

Sarah Fitzpatrick published an article

It's just that this adjunct professor was pissed that she wasn't given free whiskey.

[Polite Moose]

Quote: tralflot1832

You should pray to such a boss, not oppress him.

He's being very clever! While he himself is a "drinker," which could damage his career, after handing out alcohol to his subordinates, he'll lose his distinctiveness and become more natural. What a genius!

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

The Atlantic's Sarah Fitzpatrick published an article citing bureau employees, claiming that the agency's head abuses alcohol and shows up to work intoxicated.

What a nightmare! Horrible! How are we all supposed to live after this?
Well, it happens. A guy's drunk in the morning, so what? He's the head of the entire FBI. Should he run a hangover or fly a plane in the morning?
He doesn't give a damn about this Sarah, he has a hundred of these Sarahs on his floor.
And Sarah writes this from n=khr=n to do, or it’s a custom order.
It would be better if she covered the endless wars the US is waging on the planet in the press. But she's afraid she'll be jailed on the spot, especially by the FBI.

[Polite Moose]

Quote: Obi Wan Kenobi

The guy's been drinking since morning, so what? He's the head of the entire FBI.

Compared to our EBN, he's still a snotty boy.

[solar]

I don't get it, what's the big deal? It's common to give small souvenirs at meetings and other occasions; a bottle of bourbon is perfectly acceptable. Americans have a limit on the value of what can be considered a souvenir; I believe it's no more than $200; anything over that is subject to taxation as income.

[Polite Moose]

Quote from solar

I don’t understand, what’s the sensation?

The sensation is that the man "sitting on the glass" is giving away premium alcohol for free, and yet he's not choked by the toad.

[solar]

I don't see anything "elite" about bourbon.

a man "sitting on a glass"

This is according to some journalist's claim, which was contested in court. Now it looks like she's trying to hurt him in some small way. Giving out such inexpensive souvenirs is actually common practice.

[Polite Moose]

Don't take my comments too seriously.

[snow mountain]

"FBI Director Cash Patel" and the bureau's emblem

This is how he gets his team hooked on drinking.

[Polite Moose]

Quote: Schneeberg

This is how he gets his team hooked on drinking.

To not stand out.

[solar]

I've worked in various teams, and from experience, you don't need to get the team hooked on drinking. There needs to be a reason :)).... Sometimes, it's the lone wolf who needs some persuasion. But the team gets the hang of it...

[Dedok]

Media: FBI Director Gifted Employees and Visitors Personally Engraved Bourbon

He has reached the pinnacle of his career and is sharing it with others...

[Foggy Dew]

I don't get it at all. So what about Yulia? Even drunk at work—if he's working properly... You might as well have remembered Churchill. Or General Grant. It's bad, of course, but if he's not screwing up, then it's equally important. Better than your grandfathers—Bidon and Trump, who don't need alcohol.

[Ilgizl]

Well done man, and the others will be happy to drink to him!