In the wake of Olympics-Gate, Kash Patel informs America that he only owns a simple cloth coat & a dog named Checkers

[Miles Archer]

FBI Director Kash Patel defends partying with U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
Videos of Patel celebrating in Italy went viral Sunday night, prompting criticism and questions about his judgment during a critical time for the FBI.
February 23, 2026

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/23/kash-patel-olympic-hockey-partying/

FBI Director Kash Patel is defending himself after videos showed him drinking and partying with the U.S. men’s hockey team at the Olympics on Sunday, during a weekend in which several emergencies unfolded for the law enforcement bureau.

As clips of Patel raucously celebrating with Team USA went viral Sunday night, Patel took to social media to say the men’s hockey team had invited him into the locker room to celebrate with them after it had clinched the gold medal in an overtime victory over Canada.

“For the very concerned media - yes, I love America and was extremely humbled when my friends, the newly minted Gold Medal winners on Team USA, invited me into the locker room to celebrate this historic moment with the boys- Greatest country on earth and greatest sport on earth,” Patel, an avid hockey fan, wrote on X.

In one video shared by a ProPublica reporter, Patel appears to be chugging a beer, spraying the bottle’s contents about the locker room and ecstatically pumping his fists, as the team breaks out in a rendition of “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American),” a country anthem about American defiance written after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

[SheltieLover]

1. I think it is shameful for pro NHL players to be in the Olympics

Isn't the Olympics supposed to be for amateur athletes?

That said, this is just another one of the regieme celebrating his toxic masculinity while Rome burns...

Jmo

[Johonny]

4. The amatuer status was always a scam

Basically used to keep them "gentlemen of leisure sports" and keep the lower class from participating or at least to make it hard for them. They finally dumped it for good when it just became obvious (I.E. golf, tennis etc...) had already dumped it.

Basically soccer still doesn't send the pros but only because they don't want to hurt world cup sales.

[Goonch]

2. ;-{).....

[Miles Archer]

3. Yeah, that's the image he wants to pretend is real

[canetoad]

5. No mention of the liquid

Dripping down his chin? Bad reporting.

[liberaltrucker]

6. Is Patel channeling Tricky Dick?

[ananda]

7. Beat me to it!

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