Keystone Kash Used FBI Jet for Trip to Literal Boondoggle

Source: Daily Beast

Updated Nov. 12 2025 6:26AM EST
Published Nov. 12 2025 4:46AM EST


FBI Director and frequent flyer Kash Patel used a government private jet for a luxury break during the government shutdown. Patel has already been called out for using a $60 million government jet to fly to see his girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, singing at a wrestling event in Pennsylvania on Oct. 25, then returning with her to Nashville in the aircraft.

Now, a new report by The Wall Street Journal states that after that trip, Patel flew to a luxury hunting resort in Texas, citing flight records and people familiar with the travel. Patel visited the Boondoggle Ranch, a private hunting ranch situated outside Eden, Texas owned by his friend and Republican donor C.R. “Bubba” Saulsbury Jr..

While the ranch’s website and Instagram account appear to have been deactivated after the WSJ article ran, it is accessed by invitation only, offering a “scenic hunting resort nestled in the heart of Texas.”

The FBI jet stayed in Texas from Sunday to Wednesday, during the government shutdown where many of Patel’s staff were working without pay. The WSJ found flight records stating the Justice Department’s Gulfstream G550 had been flown to Las Vegas nine times, the state where Patel lived before his FBI role, and took seven flights to Nashville. The Daily Beast has contacted the FBI for comment.

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