FBI defends Kash Patel after report alleging he gifts custom whiskey bottles

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Agency says the FBI director ‘followed all applicable ethical guidelines’ in giving out the personalized bourbon bottles

The https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/fbi">FBI said that agency director Kash Patel “followed all applicable ethical guidelines” after a report in the Atlantic alleged that he distributed customized bourbon whiskey bottles as gifts.

In https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/05/kash-patel-fbi-bourbon/687066/">an article published Wednesday, the Atlantic described Patel as travelling with a stock of “personalized branded bourbon” that he allegedly hands out frequently to people around him.

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