F.B.I. Director Kash Patel Engaged to Country Singer Girlfriend Alexis Wilkins: ‘Went and Got the Law

According to The New York Times, Patel, 46, and Wilkins, 27, met at a party in fall 2022 and at country singer John Rich’s Nashville home, where a publicist had brought along Wilkins.

The paper reported that Patel complimented Wilkins’ jacket that night and by early 2023 the couple were dating. Wilkins was also in the gallery during Patel’s combative Senate confirmation hearing, with Wilkins saying she was attracted to Patel’s honesty and his “incredible” values and character during an interview on The Megyn Kelly Show last July.

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O relacionamento de Patel com Wilkins — que assinou com a WME e a empresa de gestão de artistas AMG em 2020 — tem sido alvo de escrutínio no último ano, após alegações de que o principal agente de aplicação da lei do país teria usado fundos dos contribuintes para pagar suas viagens a fim de assistir a apresentações de Wilkins, bem como para as noites de encontro do casal.

The Times also reported that the F. B. I. had dispatched tactical agents to drive the singer to hair appointments and to stand guard at a senior center in Dixon, Ill.

Though SWAT teams are typically trained to arrest violent criminals, free hostages and break up terror cells, former F. B. I. agents told the paper that Patel’s reported demand that a rotating group of SWAT officers provide security for Wilkins during her gigs, personal appearances and errands is unprecedented.

An F. B. I. spokesperson told the Times that the full-time security detail for the civilian romantic partner of a federal official was necessary due to a reported “hundreds” of death threats aimed at the singer; the paper noted that the spouses of cabinet and congressional officials do not routinely receive full-time government-funded security details.

Até agora, Wilkins, cujo LinkedIn diz que ela tem sido artista gravadora, performer e compositora desde agosto de 2007 (quando teria oito anos), não lançou um álbum completo, mas lançou o EP de seis músicas de 2023, Grit, com as faixas “Quite Like Whiskey,” “Heaven In a Stetson” e “Half as Cowboy,” e alguns singles.

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