New reporting from the New York Times finds aspiring country music artist Alexis Wilkins (above), girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel, is receiving unprecedented federal government security protection including rotating tactical teams.
Cause nothing says “country” like an FBI SWAT team, amiright????
A look at the life of the best-protected aspiring country singer in America.
Kash Patel’s Girlfriend Seeks Fame and Fortune, Escorted by an F.B.I. SWAT Team https://t.co/vi7Wa8KQIu via @NYTimes— Elizabeth Williamson (@NYTLiz) February 28, 2026
From the New York Times (gift link):
You may never have heard of Alexis Wilkins, but she is one of the best-protected country music singers in the United States. F.B.I. tactical agents have ferried her to a resort in Britain before a dinner at Windsor Castle and to an appointment at a hair salon in Nashville.
To an extent not previously reported, Ms. Wilkins is escorted in her travels by Special Weapons and Tactics team members drawn from F.B.I. field offices around the country. SWAT teams are chiefly trained to arrest violent criminals, free hostages and thwart terrorists.
But Mr. Patel’s demand that rotating SWAT teams provide his girlfriend with security for singing appearances, personal engagements and errands is unprecedented in the F.B.I., former agents said.
Cabinet and congressional spouses do not routinely receive full-time government security details.
Soon after becoming F.B.I. director last February, Mr. Patel beefed up staffing in Nashville, where Ms. Wilkins lives, then assigned a SWAT team composed of four agents and two vehicles to protect her full-time, said an F.B.I. official briefed on the plans. Mr. Patel overrode F.B.I. advice that such an unprecedented arrangement first undergo a legal review, the official said.
Past directors’ spouses were protected while traveling with them, but did not get a personal government detail.
There’s much more at the link.
In related news, Donald Trump was apparently not pleased to see Kash Patel’s locker room, beer guzzling celebration with the men’s ice hockey team at the Winter Olympics.
Patel was widely criticized for abusing his official position in using a private FBI jet to attend the Olympic Games.
Fun Fact: You paid over $400,000 for Kash Patel’s Olympic vacation pic.twitter.com/2JTPJCxoAZ
— Liam Nissan™ (@theliamnissan) February 23, 2026
Trump told FBI Director Kash Patel he didn’t like his Olympics hijinks https://t.co/sSSgMFrjpU pic.twitter.com/OthB4RzAo1
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) February 28, 2026
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