Embattled FBI Director Kash Patel’s fiery defense of using one of the bureau’s taxpayer-funded jets as his personal Uber has decidedly backfired.

Patel, 45, responded to mounting criticism after being accused of using government planes to rendezvous with his girlfriend through a lengthy X post on Sunday—one that was promptly updated with a humbling community note on Tuesday.

The Trump official tried to reframe the narrative as unfair “criticism” of his 26-year-old girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, whom he referred to as a “country music sensation.” Wilkins averages about 6,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.

“I’ve always said—criticize me all you want. But going after the people doing great work, my personal life, or those around me is a total disgrace,” Patel wrote in a post viewed more than

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