India, Nov. 3 -- FBI Director Kash Patel on Sunday put out a lengthy post on X, outlining how he was focused on the bureau's work and also mounted a defense for girlfriend Alexis Wilkins. His actions were slammed by conservative political commentator and former Turning Point USA member Candace Owens.

Patel's actions come amid a controversy over the FBI Director using an agency jet to see his girlfriend, Wilkins, perform the national anthem at a wrestling event. Bloomberg Law reported that the bureau has fired a top official who worked there for 27 years as the director was enraged by media reports of him using the jet. Steven Palmer lost his job as the head of the FBI's critical incident response group, which handles major security threa...