India, Nov. 4 -- FBI Director Kash Patel is making headlines after pushing back against criticism following reports that he used a government jet to attend his girlfriend Alexis Wilkins' performance in Pennsylvania. Patel called the allegations "disgustingly baseless."

The controversy erupted after Kyle Seraphin, a former FBI agent and conservative commentator, claimed on his podcast that Patel flew on a USD 60 million FBI jet to watch Wilkins, a country singer, perform at a wrestling event at Penn State University on October 25.

"We're in the middle of a government shutdown where they're not even gonna pay all of the employees that work for the agency this guy heads, and this guy is jetting off to hang out with his girlfriend on our di...