Steven Palmer, who joined the bureau in 1998, was deputy assistant director of the FBI’s Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG) and charged with overseeing its aviation units. His exit was made official on Friday, making him the third CIRG boss to be fired during Patel’s brief tenure, Bloomberg reported.

The FBI director is a "required use" traveler, meaning they must fly on government-owned planes for personal and professional travel.

The FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after Director Kash Patel grew outraged about revelations of his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform,

Kash Patel says FBI ‘thwarted a potential terrorist attack’ for Halloween weekend (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) The FBI “thwarted a potential terrorist attack ” planned for Halloween weekend in Michigan, according to FBI Director Kash Patel.

FBI Director Kash Patel faces scrutiny for allegedly using a taxpayer-funded jet to watch his girlfriend Alexis Wilkins’ sing at a wrestling event in Nashville. The move has sparked a controversy with many questioning whether the FBI chief is using government resources for personal reasons,

FBI Director Kash Patel has dropped the hammer on Tulsi Gabbard 's closest advisor's hopes of uncovering foreign involvement in Charlie Kirk’s shocking assassination, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

FBI Director Kash Patel visited Philadelphia Friday to announce the results of a large-scale investigation into a Kensington-based drug gang — the latest demonstration of how President Donald Trump’s administration is seeking to highlight what it’s called a nationwide crackdown against suspected drug dealers.