FBI defends Kash Patel after report alleging he gifts custom whiskey bottles
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.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/07/fbi-defends-kash-patel-custom-whiskey-bottles">Continue reading...Kash Patel bourbon controversy
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