FBI director Kash Patel has sent social media into a frenzy after clips of him celebrating the USA‘s ice hockey win at the 2026 Winter Olympics have gone viral.
Patel, who was attending the final days of the Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, was captured on camera in Team USA’s locker room.
The US men defeated Canada 2-1, while the US women’s team also beat Canada 2-1 during overtime.
Who is Kash Patel?
Patel is currently serving as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, one of the most powerful law-enforcement roles in the US government.
He was nominated by Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate in February 2025.
A trained lawyer, Patel began his career as a public defender before moving into national security and counterterrorism work at the Department of Justice.
He later became a senior aide on the House Intelligence Committee, where he played a central role in Republican investigations into the Trump–Russia probe, work that brought him into Trump’s inner circle.
