Why FBI director Kash Patel's celebrations at Winter Olympics has sparked controversy

Washington

: FBI Director Kash Patel’s four-day trip to Italy — culminating in a celebratory beer swig with the U.S. hockey team at the Milan Olympics — included several hours of work meetings, a handful of meet-and-greets, hours of down time, private meals and “cultural activities,” according to an internal schedule obtained by The New York Times.
The taxpayer-funded visit to the Games reignited the firestorm over Patel’s use of government resources, which intensified Tuesday when Senate Democrats aired new allegations against the director, citing an anonymous whistleblower inside the Trump administration.