Protesters Swarm Portland Hotel Seeking FBI Chief Kash Patel During May 9 Funeral Trip
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Updated · Fox News · May 12
Protesters Swarm Portland Hotel Seeking FBI Chief Kash Patel During May 9 Funeral Trip
13 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 12
A crowd gathered outside Portland’s Sentinel Hotel on Saturday night, believing FBI Director Kash Patel was staying there while in town for a friend’s funeral.
Video showed demonstrators shouting over what they called FBI “weaponization” under President Donald Trump and demanding transparency on records tied to Jeffrey Epstein.
FOX 12 Oregon reported protesters used publicly available flight-tracking data to follow a Justice Department aircraft believed linked to Patel, then watched downtown security to narrow the likely hotel.
Sources told Fox News Digital Patel and girlfriend Alexis Wilkins were in Portland for the funeral, where Patel helped carry the casket, though it remained unclear which hotel he actually used.
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