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FBI Director K$H Patel demanded $100M jet, settled for armored BMWs paid for by taxpayers

Ellsworth Toohey
Dec 22, 2025
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Kash Patel

FBI Director Kash Patel — who styles himself “K$H” on social media — is now being chauffeured in specially armored BMW X5s that the bureau purchased at his request. Every previous FBI director rode in a Chevy Suburban. Patel found that insufficiently sleek.

According to MS NOW, Patel argued he needed the luxury SUVs to be “less conspicuous on h…

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