FBI Director Kash Patel parties with USA Olympic hockey team after gold medal win over Canada
Team USA received a congratulatory call from President Donald Trump and got to celebrate and share a beer with FBI Director Kash Patel after their historic gold-medal win.Patel confirmed he was partying in the locker room with the American team after a video was posted to social media of him drinking a beer, spraying it in the locker room and yelling as the players sang Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the USA” after their thrilling 2-1 overtime win over Canada at the 2026 Milan Cortina Game on Sunday.Team USA forward Matthew Tkachuk even put a gold medal around Patel’s neck. “For the very concerned media – yes, I love America and was extremely humbled when my friends, the newly minted Gold Medal winners on Team USA, invited me into the locker room to celebrate this historic moment with the boys- Greatest country on earth and greatest sport on earth,” Patel wrote on his personal X account. Patel, a well-known hockey fan, also posted photos of himself with the team.
One included him with players — including overtime hero Jack Hughes and the Tkachuk brothers — holding an American flag, and another with USA and Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan as the team celebrated behind him.Patel was wearing a white USA shirt. “Unity, Sacrifice, Attitude- what it takes to be the best in the world,” Patel posted on X.
“These men live and breathe it.Now Team USA are gold medal champions, legends standing on the shoulders of giants. Thank you for representing the greatest country on earth, in the greatest game ever created.
congrats boys.” Ben Williamson, assistant director of public affairs for the FBI, stated on X on Feb 19 that Patel’s trip to Italy was not a personal one and that it had been planned months ago.Williams stated it included “meetings with Italian law enforcement and security officials, a meeting with American Ambassador to Italy Tilam Fertitta and meetings with Legat staff, among other things.He added in a post on Sunday, after Patel f...