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WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump was disappointed in FBI Director Kash Patel\u2019s behavior at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and conveyed his displeasure in a conversation with him, according to a person familiar with the matter. <\/p>\n
Patel went viral<\/a> for his locker-room celebration with the U.S. men\u2019s hockey team after its win against Canada<\/a> on Sunday \u2014 the first time the U.S. team took home gold since 1980. In a video that was first posted by ProPublica<\/a>, Patel, an avid hockey fan, could be seen chugging a beer and banging on a table, while yelling in an exuberant display of celebration. <\/p>\n Trump \u2014 who does not drink \u2014 told Patel he was unhappy not only with that scene, but also with Patel\u2019s use of government aircraft for the trip to Milan, Italy, according to the person familiar with the matter. <\/p>\n The FBI declined to comment on whether Trump was upset with Patel. <\/p>\n In a statement, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson touted crime rates “dropping across the board.”<\/p>\n “This is a direct result of the President\u2019s law and order agenda which is being successfully implemented by his law and order team, including FBI Director Kash Patel,” she said. “The President has full confidence in his Administration.”<\/p>\n Patel\u2019s trip to Italy coincided with the shooting of an armed man<\/a> who entered the security perimeter of the president\u2019s residence in Florida, Mar-a-Lago. Trump was not there at the time. <\/p>\n Patel maintained that he was on an official trip<\/a> in Italy not just for the Olympics but also to meet Italian law enforcement, as well as U.S. agencies providing security at the international event.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the very concerned media \u2014 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,\u201d Patel wrote on X<\/a> after the locker-room video was posted. <\/p>\n Patel has faced scrutiny for his use of the FBI jet<\/a> in the past. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has asked the Justice Department\u2019s inspector general to \u201cinvestigate Director Patel\u2019s misuse or mismanagement<\/a> of government resources.\u201d<\/p>\n