re: Your crosseyed hypocrite of an FBI Director ladies n gents

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On one hand... leaking shite deserves firing. On the other... hypocrisy sucks.

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I vote exposing hypocrisy via leaking then firing until THESE MOTHERfrickERS STOP SCHITTING ON THE TAXPAYER.

You’re my employee you ungrateful POS

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Should he fly coach?

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By Executive branch policy, senior administration officials are not allowed to take public transportation. They must follow security protocols, take government travel and per policy requirements, reimburse the DOJ coach rates for their travel.

I had heard that and raised that with the OP, who has been silent about that point.

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So he flew a government plane which he is legally obligated to do to an FBI event?

Are you fricking serious with this?

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Nice cherry picking. Odd how you left the rest out. You must have been an accident. You must have missed it so here it is

"jet was back in the air to JFK Airport, landing just hours before Patel resurfaced in box seats next to hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and watched Capitals star Alex Ovechkin break the NHL scoring record"

"Patel's use of Gulfstream jets operated by the FBI appears to extend to his frequent trips to Las Vegas, where he has a home, and to Nashville, where Patel's girlfriend, who is a country singer, lives."

"Some bureau veterans told CBS News they have been troubled by the frequent use of government aircraft by FBI executives, making the aircraft less available to support operations in line with the primary mission of investigating crimes, chasing spies and preventing terrorist attacks."

I think the FBI Director should be flying private..... but when the guy says stuff like this, then uses the jet for taxpayer funded booty calls, he comes off as a hypocrite

“I’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.”

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Some bureau veterans told CBS News they have been troubled by the frequent use of government aircraft by FBI executives, making the aircraft less available to support operations in line with the primary mission of investigating crimes, chasing spies and preventing terrorist attacks."

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This snippet right here... this is a hit job. Some people are troubled by less availability... not that there are availability issues that functionally impacted anything, just the whisper of an inkling of the possibility of an idea.

The Machine sayeth:

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Required-Use Policy (41 CFR 301-10.260–266 & 301-70.1): Certain "very senior" officials must use government aircraft for all travel—official and personal—when the agency head determines it is justified by any of the following:

*Continuous protective security (e.g., Secret Service detail)
*Secure communications unavailable on commercial flights
*Cost comparison shows government aircraft is cheaper overall
*Urgent scheduling demands that commercial service cannot meet

Who is covered: President, Vice President, Cabinet Secretaries, agency heads, and any official the White House Chief of Staff designates. DOJ policy explicitly requires the Attorney General and FBI Director to use DOJ jets even for personal trips.

Reimbursement for personal legs: Officials repay the government the equivalent coach-class commercial fare for purely personal or political segments. The government absorbs the rest (security, communications, etc.).


Pre-flight approval: Every trip needs written sign-off from the agency’s senior legal official or deputy; White House Chief of Staff approves all non-required-use government-aircraft travel by Cabinet members.


Biden-era examples:Pete Buttigieg (Transportation Secretary): Took 18 FAA-owned Cessna 560XL jets for official trips when commercial flights were unavailable; DOT Inspector General audited the $41,905 cost in 2023; all flights were approved as required-use.

Merrick Garland (Attorney General): DOJ policy mandates government jets for every trip, including personal; no public itemized personal-use cases, but the rule applied throughout 2021–2025.

Alejandro Mayorkas (DHS Secretary): DHS OIG reviewed 20+ government-aircraft trips (some independent of the President); all were pre-approved as “mission-required” or “required-use” under the same FTR rules; no violations found.

oig.dhs.gov

Key takeaway: The policy is security- and communications-driven, not a perk; personal travel is allowed only on the same protected aircraft and requires repayment of commercial-equivalent cost.

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