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@#29 ... It sure made Patel look like an immature idiot, though. ...
As he used taxpayer money to fly to that celebration.
But then there's this ...
Jim Jordan defends Patel's Olympic partying, citing security focus' of trip
thehill.com
... Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Tuesday dismissed criticism against FBI Director Kash Patel for partying in the locker room with the U.S. men's hockey team following their gold medal win at the Olympics.
Jordan brushed off concern when asked by CNN's Manu Raju whether the House Judiciary Committee, which Jordan chairs, should "look into" Patel's actions.
"I think he was over there because of security," Jordan said, citing the upcoming 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. "The FBI is, I'm sure, going to be involved in making sure things are secure for the spectators, for the athletes, for people who are coming there. From my understanding, he's doing all that."
"There's a security focus, I think that's there and, oh by the way, our team just won in this amazing game," he added.
Patel's alleged use of government-owned private jets for personal travel reentered the spotlight over the weekend after a viral video showed him drinking beers with players in the Team USA locker room following their 2-1 overtime victory against Canada on the final day of the Winter Olympics. ...
So... Rep Jordan "thinks" there might be a security focus there.
OK, then.
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@#95 ... Wait... if their Nuke Program was 'obliterated' last year, why is he threatening to bomb them this year? ...
Found this...
Iran's Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated -- and Suggestions Otherwise are Fake News (June 25, 2025)
www.whitehouse.gov
And this ...
Witkoff says Iran 'a week away' from nuclear bombmaking material (February 23, 2026)
thehill.com
Another view ...
Missing Epstein files include interviews with alleged Trump accuser
www.ms.now
... The Justice Department has withheld notes and memos reflecting FBI interviews from its release of the Epstein files, including interviews with a woman who accused President Donald Trump of sexually abusing her when she was a minor, MS NOW has confirmed.
NPR reported on Tuesday that more than 50 pages of notes and memos reflecting FBI interviews with the woman are not found in the Justice Department's publicly released database of documents related to convicted and deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
According to a source who has viewed the unredacted documents, a woman interviewed by the FBI in July 2019 about her Epstein allegations is the same woman who alleged that Trump forced her to perform oral sex on him 35 years ago, when she was 13 or 14 years old, and subsequently hit her.
That allegation appears in a 2025 PowerPoint presentation detailing each of the FBI's Epstein-related investigations and a spreadsheet of unconfirmed tips called into the bureau's National Threat Operations Center reviewed by MS NOW. MS NOW has found that of at least four interviews the FBI conducted with the woman related to the Epstein investigations, only one memo " and no handwritten notes " reflecting such an interview is included on the DOJ site.
At about the same time that the FBI circulated its PowerPoint presentation and spreadsheet of tips, a third FBI document -- an internal email -- stated that "salacious information" about Trump, among others, appeared in the "JE file," and that "one identified victim claimed abuse by Trump but ultimately refused to cooperate." MS NOW cannot confirm that the "identified victim" referred to in that email is the Trump accuser referenced above.
The FBI also interviewed a woman known as "Jane," who testified under oath at the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's longtime associate who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse minors. "Jane" claimed she was introduced to Trump by Epstein at Mar-a-Lago when she was 14 years old.
MS NOW has found that handwritten notes from interviews with "Jane" -- as well as witness statements from at least one person close to her -- about her experience, including with respect to her interaction with Trump, are either not included in the DOJ's release or have since been taken down. ...
OpEd: Democrats shouldn't sit on their hands during the State of the Union
www.ms.now
... When President Donald Trump delivers the first official State of the Union address of his second term, many top Democratic leaders want the focus to remain on him.
With Trump's agenda either faltering or sparking a backlash, they are following a familiar Washington principle that when your enemy is drowning, you don't give them a hand.
I have spoken with members of Congress, senior Democratic strategists and outside organizers about how Democratic members of Congress should react during the big speech. ...
If Trump stands in the well of the House and gives his usual mix of false statements, self-aggrandizement and bizarre asides, they think that will just remind voters why they aren't happy with him right now. Why give him a foil?
The logic is not unserious. But it is incomplete. ...
Awaiting this to play out.
So far, it seems to be typical Dir Patel, to the detriment of what the FBI has to do.