FBI defends Kash Patel after report alleging he gifts custom whiskey bottles

Agency says FBI director ‘followed all applicable ethical guidelines’ in giving out personalized bourbon bottles

The FBI said that agency director Kash Patel “followed all applicable ethical guidelines” after a report in the Atlantic alleged that he distributed customized bourbon whiskey bottles as gifts.

In an article published on Wednesday, the Atlantic described Patel as travelling with a stock of “personalized branded bourbon” that he allegedly hands out frequently to people around him.