Patel has been the subject of multiple recent controversies, including his directive for SWAT team members to provide his girlfriend with security

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Though not in government herself, Alexis Wilkins somehow has a crack security team protecting her at all times.

FBI Director Kash Patel is facing criticism for using SWAT team members as security for his girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins. There is an FBI security detail in place to protect the country singer, 27, from potential threats, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) reported, citing two people “with direct knowledge” of the situation.

FBI Director Kash Patel faces another round of backlash following reports that his girlfriend receives an elite FBI security detail despite the couple maintaining separate residences. Driving the news: Country singer Alexis Wilkins,

FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend is receiving protection from some of the bureau’s most elite agents because of an uptick in death threats against her, a rep said Monday.

The girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel has been receiving a protective detail, the bureau confirmed Monday, a decision it says comes in response to threats. It’s not unusual for the spouse of

"Ms. Wilkins is receiving a protective detail because she has faced hundreds of credible death threats related to her relationship with Director Patel, whom she has been dating for three years," one representative stated,