At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Welch reminds Patel that he said he wanted to ground Chris Wray's taxpayer-funded jet travel, then cites flight tracker data showing an FBI plane flew from DC to Las Vegas the weekend of March 7th, when Patel attended a UFC fight with Mel Gibson. Patel says he lives in Las Vegas and that Congress made his use of a private jet mandatory. Welch then says Patel attended an April 5th hockey game in New York City, and Patel agrees he does not live there.
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- Who
- Peter Welch
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- hearing - Senate Judiciary Committee
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And you said you wanted to ground Chris Ray's private jet travel that he pays for with taxpayer dollars to hop around the country. Let me ask you this. On the weekend of, according to flight tracker data, on the weekend of March 7th, an FBI plane flew round trip from DC to Las Vegas. And you attended a UFC flight with Mill Gibson. And I'll show you that. Is that you and is that true? Yeah, you want to know the difference? I live in Las Vegas. I'm allowed to go home. I didn't leave a congressional hearing early on an FBI jet to dodge questions. All right, then on April 5th, you attended a hockey game in New York City. You don't live there, right? No, I don't. By the way, everyday FBI agents who are signed in Washington don't get to fly home on a private jet. Well, this is a great point. Do you know why I have to use a private jet? Because Congress made it mandatory. worry. Okay in April 5th well we didn't make it in mandatory that you go to UFC games with Mel Gibson.
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