Patel is currently receiving pushback online for his usage of government jets, despite the FBI saying he has not broken any rules.

Several agents were fired this week for having the bad luck of getting assigned to investigations into Donald Trump.

The piling allegations against Patel are laced with irony. Former FBI directors James Comey and Chris Wray both faced criticism for improper use of government planes for personal reasons—and Patel was a particularly vocal critic of Wray in 2022.

Two men were arrested by the FBI on Tuesday morning in connection with an explosion that went off in Harvard Medical School over the weekend. The pair, Logan David Patterson, 18, and Dominick Frank Cardoza, 20, face charges of conspiracy to damage by means of fire or an explosive, per the charging document.

DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro intervened Monday to reverse the firings of at least four FBI agents axed in the latest Trump administration purge at the bureau, according to multiple sources familiar with the developments this week.

In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

The CIA and other intelligence officials share many of the FBI’s misgivings about the House proposal, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.