{"id":58813,"date":"2025-12-02T20:09:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/58813\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T20:09:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:09:17","slug":"kash-patel-reacts-to-embarrassing-fbi-raid-jacket-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/58813\/","title":{"rendered":"Kash Patel reacts to embarrassing FBI raid jacket tale"},"content":{"rendered":"

FBI Director Kash Patel<\/a> ridiculed a Dem congressman who mocked him<\/a> for allegedly refusing to disembark from a plane in Utah the day after Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination until he was given a raid jacket and then ended up wearing a women\u2019s one.<\/p>\n

Without confirming or denying the alleged incident, Patel fired back Monday at California Rep. Eric Swalwell for making fun of him and pointed out the congressman\u2019s past interactions with a suspected Chinese spy.<\/p>\n

FBI Director Kash Patel lashed out at critics who mocked him over a report about him wearing a women\u2019s raid jacket. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI was looking for a Youth Large\u2026 Domestic terrorism arrests are UP 30% this year \u2014 impressive, considering I spent zero days dating a Chinese spy named Fang Fang, where should I send your women\u2019s medium for date night?\u201d Patel fired back at Swalwell on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I was looking for a Youth Large\u2026 Domestic terrorism arrests are UP 30% this year \u2014 impressive, considering I spent zero days dating a Chinese spy named Fang Fang, where should I send your women’s medium for date night? https:\/\/t.co\/f1Ffgn7PVV<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kash Patel (@Kash_Patel) December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Swalwell, one of the most famous congressional thorns in President Trump\u2019s side, had past ties to Fang Fang, also known as Christine Fang, who is suspected of having been a Chinese spy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

California Dem Rep. Eric Swalwell mocked Patel over the alleged incident. AP<\/p>\n

She participated in fundraising for Swalwell in 2014, but he cut off ties with her the next year after being briefed about concerns of Chinese infiltration, according to Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Golden State Democrat had publicly mocked Patel over a report by a national alliance of retired and active-duty FBI special agents and analysts. The Post exclusively broke the news<\/a> of that 115-page report earlier this week.<\/p>\n

On Sept. 11, 2025, FBI special agents at the Salt Lake City field office \u201chad to stop and ask around to find an FBI raid jacket \u2014 a medium-sized one \u2014 that would fit,\u201d according to the report. <\/p>\n

The FBI director \u201cwould not disembark from the plane without an FBI raid jacket.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eventually, they got him a jacket that belonged to a female agent, though Patel allegedly whined that \u201ctwo areas on the upper sleeves did not have Velcro patches attached.\u201d <\/p>\n

I don\u2019t mind that FBI Director Kash Patel had to wear a women\u2019s (size medium) jacket to cosplay as someone in charge. I just wish he\u2019d focus on stopping the rampant domestic terrorism happening on his watch. https:\/\/t.co\/zcXH45K1XC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) December 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Members of the FBI SWAT Team had to remove patches from their uniforms and give them to Patel to put on the loaner raid jacket, the report said.<\/p>\n

The report cited ALPHA 99, who was described as a \u201chighly respected\u201d source that spent multiple decades in the FBI, for the anecdote on the raid jacket.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t mind that FBI Director Kash Patel had to wear a women\u2019s (size medium) jacket to cosplay as someone in charge,\u201d Swalwell snarkily posted on X on Monday<\/a>, reacting to the report.<\/p>\n

Swalwell became infamous himself for interacting with alleged China agent Fang Fang on the fundraising circuit. Facebook<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wish he\u2019d focus on stopping the rampant domestic terrorism happening on his watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patel also reamed out FBI agents working the case on Kirk\u2019s assassination over perceived blunders and took credit for investigative progress by other law enforcement agencies, the report said.<\/p>\n

Anonymous sources from the Wray-Comey era FBI are desperately trying to derail our reforms.
We are not turning back. Kash and I are laser-focused on keeping the Homeland safe, and on crushing violent crime.
Using the principles of \u201cbroken windows\u201d policing, along with\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Dan Bongino (@FBIDDBongino) December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Overall, he was described as \u201cin over his head,\u201d and\u00a0his deputy, Dan Bongino, was ripped as \u201csomething of a clown\u201d in the report, which characterized the FBI as a \u201crudderless ship\u201d and \u201call f\u2013ked up\u201d under their leadership.<\/p>\n

The stunning report was released days after Trump and the White House hit back at a media story and rumors that Patel is on his way out as FBI director. <\/p>\n

Patel has largely been mum on the blistering report, while Bongino has hit back at The Post\u2019s reporting<\/a> and defended the pair\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnonymous sources from the Wray-Comey era FBI are desperately trying to derail our reforms,\u201d Bongino contended Monday in an X post<\/a> that Patel shared.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not turning back. Kash and I are laser-focused on keeping the Homeland safe, and on crushing violent crime. We\u2019ve sent the murder rate to a historic low, and we\u2019ve doubled the amount of violent crime arrests from prior years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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