FBI says director Patel in Virginia, not Russia

October 14, 2026 1:24 PM EDT

FILE PHOTO: FBI Director Kash Patel testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 15, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci/File Photo

WASHINGTON, Oct ‌14 (Reuters) - ​FBI ​Director Kash Patel was in Virginia for ‌a law enforcement-related event, ⁠the US law enforcement agency ‌said on Wednesday, ‌denying a media report that he had traveled to ​Russia.

Video from an ABC News' affiliate in ⁠Virginia also showed Patel at an ​event in Lynchburg on Wednesday.

MS NOW, citing two unnamed ​sources, had reported ‌earlier on Wednesday that the FBI ⁠chief had landed in Russia for a two-day meeting ⁠in Moscow and St. Petersburg hosted ​by the FSB.

"Here’s where Kash Patel actually is… Liberty U, ‌doing a law enforcement appreciation event," the ‌agency said in a ⁠post.

(Reporting by ‌Susan Heavey ​and Ryan Patrick Jones; editing by Michelle ‌Nichols)



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