The FBI confirmed Monday that it has assigned a protective security detail to country singer Alexis Wilkins -- the longtime girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel -- after she received hundreds of death threats tied to their relationship.

"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," an FBI spokesperson told NBC News . "Out of respect for her safety, we will not be providing additional details."

MS NOW first reported that Wilkins, 27, had been placed under federal protection.

According to reports, Wilkins is being guarded by elite FBI agents typically assigned to a SWAT team in the Bureau’s Nashville field office, where she spends much of

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