2026年2月19日 / 美国东部时间下午5:19 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
根据公开数据和知情人士透露，美国联邦调查局（FBI）局长卡什·帕特尔（Kash Patel）多次因使用政府专机受到审查，周四他乘坐司法部的飞机飞往意大利，计划观看奥运会曲棍球奖牌战。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻查看的公开飞行数据显示，这位联邦调查局局长于周四上午从弗吉尼亚州马纳萨斯（Manassas）短暂飞行至马里兰州安德鲁斯联合基地（Joint Base Andrews），随后乘坐政府飞机前往意大利的一个空军基地。
消息人士还向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻证实，帕特尔正前往米兰，计划在那里观看美国男子奥运曲棍球队参加奖牌战。周四上午，帕特尔在社交媒体上发布了几篇帖子支持美国曲棍球队。据Flight Radar 24的一位消息人士称，帕特尔的飞机于当地时间周四晚间降落在意大利。
一位消息人士补充说，作为此次行程的一部分，帕特尔还计划与意大利的执法部门同行举行会议。
美国联邦调查局发言人本·威廉姆森（Ben Williamson）在哥伦比亚广播公司新闻发布本文前未回应有关此次行程的置评请求，之后在社交平台X上表示：”这不是私人行程。帕特尔局长进行的是数月前就已计划好的行程。行程包括：与意大利执法和安全官员的伙伴会议（他们去年7月邀请了局长）、与费尔蒂塔大使会面（作为1月份他主持的执法圆桌会议的后续）、与驻意大利使团工作人员会面等。”
威廉姆森随后在另一篇帖子中补充道：”卡什刚刚打电话给我，让我加上’请告诉他们，是的，我支持地球上最伟大国家的最伟大球队。美国队加油。’抄送：@哥伦比亚广播公司新闻”
去年年底，国会民主党人在媒体报道帕特尔曾用专机进行私人旅行——从他女友演出的宾夕法尼亚州体育赛事到田纳西州的约会之夜，再到得克萨斯州一个名为”Boondoggle Ranch”的度假村——后，对其展开调查。
联邦调查局局长无论公务还是私事，都必须使用政府飞机出行，以确保他们能够使用安全通信渠道。
然而，国会民主党人质疑帕特尔看似大量的私人行程是否越界。
帕特尔曾猛烈批评其前任克里斯·雷（Chris Wray）使用该飞机，例如雷飞往纽约州北部度假屋的行为。
帕特尔在弗吉尼亚州参加当地曲棍球联盟比赛，并曾担任青年曲棍球教练，他此前也曾使用联邦调查局的飞机观看曲棍球比赛。
4月5日，联邦调查局专机用57分钟飞往纽约州斯图尔特国际机场（Stewart International Airport），帕特尔在那里出席了由联邦调查局主办的慈善曲棍球活动。
第二天，这架飞机又飞往肯尼迪国际机场（JFK Airport），就在帕特尔出现在曲棍球传奇人物韦恩·格雷茨基（Wayne Gretzky）旁边的包厢座位上，并观看了首都队球星亚历山大·奥维奇金（Alex Ovechkin）打破国家冰球联盟（NHL）得分纪录后几小时降落。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/us-mens-hockey-defeats-sweden-olympic-quarterfinals/
FBI Director Kash Patel takes agency jet to Italy, plans to attend Olympic hockey games, sources say
February 19, 2026 / 5:19 PM EST / CBS News
FBI Director Kash Patel, whose use of a government jet has frequently come under scrutiny, flew on a Justice Department plane Thursday to Italy with plans to attend the Olympic hockey medal rounds, according to public data and sources familiar with the matter.
Public flight data reviewed by CBS News showed the FBI director took off on a government plane Thursday morning for an Air Force base in Italy, after a brief flight from Manassas, Virginia, to Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland Wednesday.
Sources also confirmed to CBS News that Patel was en route to Milan, where he is planning to watch the Men’s USA Olympic hockey team compete in the medal rounds. Patel separately sent several posts on social media on Thursday morning in support of the American hockey teams. Patel’s plane landed in Italy Thursday evening, local time, according to a source at Flight Radar 24.
As part of the trip, Patel is also scheduled to take part in meetings with law enforcement counterparts in Italy, one of the sources added.
FBI spokesperson Ben Williamson, who did not respond to requests for information about the trip before CBS News published this article, said on X afterward, “[I]t’s not a personal trip. Director Patel is on a trip that was planned months ago. It includes: partner meetings with Italian law enforcement and security officials (they invited the Director last July), meeting with Ambassador Fertitta (as a follow up to our law enforcement roundtable he hosted in January), meetings with Legat staff, and more.”
Williamson then added in a subsequent post: “Kash just called me and told me to add ‘Please tell them yes, I am rooting for the greatest team on earth from the greatest country on earth. Go Team USA.’ cc: @CBSNews”
Congressional Democrats late last year launched a probe into Patel’s use of the government plane, after media reports revealed that he had used it for personal excursions ranging from a sporting event in Pennsylvania where his girlfriend was performing and a date night in Tennessee, to a Texas resort known as “Boondoggle Ranch.”
FBI directors are required to use government aircraft for air travel, whether official or personal, in order to ensure they maintain access to secure communications.
However, congressional Democrats have questioned whether Patel’s seemingly extensive use of the plane for personal trips crosses the line.
Patel was a fierce critic of his predecessor Chris Wray’s use of the plane, including when Wray would use it to fly to his vacation home in upstate New York.
Patel, who plays in a local hockey league in Virginia and previously coached youth hockey, has previously used the FBI plane to attend hockey games.
On April 5, the FBI jet took a 57-minute flight to Stewart International Airport, in New York, where Patel made an appearance at a charity hockey event hosted by the FBI.
The next day, the jet was back in the air to JFK Airport, landing just hours before Patel resurfaced in box seats next to hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and watched Capitals star Alex Ovechkin break the NHL scoring record.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/us-mens-hockey-defeats-sweden-olympic-quarterfinals/
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