A senior House Democrat has accused FBI Director Kash Patel of treating the bureau's budget as a personal 'slush fund', alleging that more than £790,000 ($1M) in bonuses may have bought the silence of agents who watched him drink on date nights and bro trips.
Jamie Raskin, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, set out the claims in a four-page letter to Patel dated 15 June 2026. He alleged that the director funnelled recurring payments to a hand-picked circle of agents in possible breach of federal pay law, then raised the prospect that the cash was meant to keep witnesses quiet.
