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02/22 23:05 CST FBI director joins US men's hockey team in locker room
celebration of Olympic gold medal
FBI director joins US men's hockey team in locker room celebration of Olympic
gold medal
WASHINGTON (AP) --- FBI Director Kash Patel joined the American men's hockey
players in the locker room Sunday for a rowdy celebration of winning the gold
medal in the Winter Olympics.
While he was in Milan, the U.S. Secret Service shot and killed an armed man who
had driven into Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's resort in Florida. Hours
later, around the time the game against Canada was headed into overtime, Patel
posted on X that the FBI was "dedicating all necessary resources in the
investigation."
Videos shared on social media showed a pumped-up Patel drinking beer from a
bottle and spraying the rest around the locker room. After one of the players
draped his gold medal around Patel's neck, he joined the players as they jumped
up and down.
"There was a threat at the president's residence at MAL, Americans in Mexico
are facing major threats by cartel members, Nancy Guthrie is still missing, and
our FBI Director thinks he's a frat bro?!," Xochitl Hinojosa, the spokeswoman
for former Attorney General Merrick Garland said on X.
Patel responded to the criticism by posting that he was "extremely humbled when
my friends, the newly minted Gold Medal winners on Team USA, invited me into
the locker room to celebrate this historic moment with the boys."
The FBI director had defended his official trip to Italy by saying he was going
to meet with Italian law enforcement officials and Americans helping to provide
security at the Olympics. He posted pictures this week of his visit to the
Milan Joint Operations Center, which he said was charged with protecting the
security of American athletes and all those who traveled to Milan for the
Winter Games. He also posted a photo of his meeting with the U.S. ambassador to
Italy.
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