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During what his agency said was purely a business trip, FBI Director Kash Patel celebrated with the U.S. men’s hockey team in Italy on Sunday.

FBI Director Kash Patel, during what his spokesman said was an official trip to Milan for security meetings, was filmed guzzling from a beer bottle and celebrating in the locker room with U.S. Olympic hockey players Sunday after they won the gold-medal game.

Several videos emerged on social media showing Patel in the locker room after the game, but one in particular drew outrage from current and former FBI agents. It depicted Patel pouring what appeared to be beer down his throat, spraying some of it in the air and screaming in celebration as a player put a gold medal around his neck.

Eight former FBI and Justice Department officials sent MS NOW a copy of the video, which they said was drawing outrage as it rocketed around FBI and DOJ circles.

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[–] hector@lemmy.today 16 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I am outraged that the hockey players would associate with a traitor actively betraying the US, seeking to kill the republic in all but name and fix elections for the worst people in the country to rule by unending reigns of terror, literally modeling themselves on Hitler.

They know or should know what he is doing too. Those hockey players are traitors, ignorance is no excuse at this point, and I bet they know, how can you not? Fixing elections is unforgivable, and an existential threat to the republic and all of it's people. They should be shunned. Ostracized.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 42 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know about you, but if I was recorded getting trashed at a hockey game during a work trip, I'd be fired immediately.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Why?

My work trips usually involved my bosses buying me beers

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 6 points 13 hours ago

We are told that we represent the brand on work trips. It's also a state institution with lots of federal grants, so we can't do anything to make it seem like we are wasting taxpayer money partying.

[–] whelk@retrolemmy.com 16 points 21 hours ago

It's kind of weird seeing him with an expression other than the one he has in literally every other photo of him

[–] Gunrigger@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Aww, tiny puppet man thinks he's a hockey player.

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 13 points 23 hours ago

Get shifaced, eyes go back to normal.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 18 points 23 hours ago

He should be arrested and made to pay back all the cost of all his leisure activities that he has enjoyed at taxpayer expense.

[–] Pofski@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago

no consequences

[–] jif@piefed.ca 6 points 23 hours ago

I think hockey has a maga problem.