FBI Probes NY Times Reporter Over Patel Story

0:00It's April 24th. Entertainment and celebrity news today starts now. AI-powered and spotlight-ready. I'm Cory with the story. FBI agents went after New York Times reporter Elizabeth Williamson, right after her February 28 story dropped, exposing how incoming. Director Cash Patel tapped Bureau resources like a SWAT team to guard and shuttle his country singer-girlfriend Alexis Wilkins. They dug into internal databases on her, even floating ideas of charging her with federal stalking violations, all sparked by a death threat, Wilkins. Got post-article. New York Times exec slammed it hard as a straight-up First Amendment hit, calling routine journalism a crime while Patel fired back at her. Aggressive tactics justified the probe to shield his family. No charges stuck, and the FBI says they dropped it quick. But this blows up amid other heat on Patel like claims he joy-wrote FBI jets for personal. Booz runs, which he's suing over for $250 million.

1:01Patel's past jabs at his predecessor for Jet Perks now echo back on him, spotlighting how power plays can twist probes into payback.