"Special treatment during his lavish travels"
Deadline: White House
Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW
4.5 • 6.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, everyone. It is 4 o'clock here in New York. I'm Alicia Menendez, in for Nicole Wallace. |
| 0:11.9 | The question surrounding Cash Patel's use of the FBI director title to apparently get special treatment during his lavish travels have reached a point where even Republicans who |
| 0:21.6 | typically defend him are starting to demand answers. |
| 0:25.7 | Patel has been under scrutiny by Democrats on the House and Senate Judiciary Committees who have |
| 0:29.8 | received whistleblower accounts that Patel has been demanding special perks from Bureau employees |
| 0:35.1 | across the country, like helicopter tours and jet ski excursions, |
| 0:39.7 | you know, typical FBI director activities. And now, our colleague Ken Delaney, reports that those |
| 0:45.6 | Democrats have gained a key GOP ally. MS now has, quote, viewed a letter to Patel from Republican Senate |
| 0:53.1 | Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley, demanding that Patel from Republican Senate Judiciary Chair, Chuck Grassley, |
| 0:55.5 | demanding that Patel turnover information about his flights on FBI aircraft |
| 1:00.0 | and about the FBI's purchase of BMW vehicles. |
| 1:03.8 | Grassley's letter asks Patel, quote, |
| 1:05.5 | For each trip where you used an FBI aircraft for personal travel, |
| 1:09.9 | have you reimburse the FBI as required by law? |
| 1:13.0 | If yes, please provide the records. Grassley acknowledged that FBI policy requires the director to fly in the FBI jet, |
| 1:20.3 | even when traveling for personal reasons, but he said Congress deserves an accounting of the director's use of FBI aircraft to conduct an independent and |
| 1:28.3 | objective review. The senator also, quote, asked the director in the letter to please explain |
| 1:33.7 | why you decided to purchase BMW vehicles instead of Chevy Suburbanes. MS now reported back in |
| 1:40.1 | December that Patel broke with longstanding precedent by directing the FBI to purchase |
| 1:45.1 | BMW cars for his use. Patel's spokesperson at the time said the move saved the government money, |
| 1:51.2 | but the receipts have yet to be provided. Grassley joins the likes of Congressman Jamie Raskin |
| 1:56.3 | and Senator Dick Durbin, the top Democrats on the Judiciary Committees, who wrote their own letter to Patel this week, |
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