FBI Director Kash Patel lashed out at a group of active-duty and retired FBI agents who compiled a dossier blasting his “dismal” leadership and accusing him of being more focused on his image than doing his job.

The report, which was leaked Monday to the New York Post, recounted an embarrassing scene that took place on Sept. 11, a day after far-right activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah, leading to a 33-hour manhunt.

After the FBI jet touched down in Provo, Utah, Patel refused to disembark until agents who were busy trying to find Kirk’s killer had tracked down a size medium FBI raid jacket for him to wear.

“Patel apparently did not have his own FBI raid jacket with him and refused to step from the plane without wearing one,” the report’s authors said.

A raid jacket in his

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