Chuck Grassley Joins Democrats in Demanding Info on Kash Patel’s Spending

The FBI director heads to Chicago on eve of girlfriend’s concert.

Senate Committee on the Judiciary business meeting

United States Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is seen at a Senate Committee on the Judiciary business meeting in the Hart Senate office building in Washington, DC, on Thursday, June 18, 2026. Mattie Neretin/Sipa USA via AP

Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley sought information from FBI Director Kash Patel over his use of the bureau’s private jets and other spending, in a previously undisclosed letter that adds bipartisan heft to similar oversight efforts from Democrats.

The May letter from the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman was reviewed by NOTUS on Thursday, as Patel prepares for a scheduled trip to the FBI field office in Chicago on Friday. Patel’s girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins, is scheduled to perform in Chicago on Saturday.

Patel has faced questions from Democrats about his travel and use of private planes for months, while Republican lawmakers have largely been silent.