A whistleblower informed congressional investigators that FBI Director Kash Patel’s use of government planes for personal travel affected the agency’s ability to react swiftly to a mass shooting and other important events, according to documents given to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The claims, outlined in a letter from Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), suggest that Patel’s actions caused delays in sending evidence response teams to major crime scenes.
Durbin sent his letter on Feb. 24 to the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office. It relays the whistleblower’s claims that FBI jets were not available for crucial missions in December because one was being used by Patel for travel and another was out of service. Consequently, evidence response personnel for the Brown University mass shooting in Rhode Island had to drive overnight from Quantico, Virginia, through winter weather to reach the scene the next morning, according to the filing.
The Brown University shooting took place on Dec. 13, 2025, when an attacker opened fire on campus, causing multiple deaths and injuries. Local authorities led the initial response, and federal agents joined the investigation soon after. The whistleblower argues that the lack of available FBI aircraft slowed down evidence collection and processing, although the bureau claims its teams eventually arrived and provided support.
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