FBI director’s plane use under scrutiny amid accusations of delayed team response to Brown shooting

By: Alexander Castro

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: February 25, 2026

Words: 1,017

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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Rhode Island’s congressional delegates want to know more after the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday asked the congressional watchdog office to investigate FBI Director Kash Patel’s alleged misuse of government aircraft.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat and Senate Democratic Whip, accused Patel of delaying the arrival of a specialized FBI team to Providence the morning after the Dec. 13 mass shooting at Brown University, which killed two students …

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