Kash Patel has gotten attention for his hockey fandom before -- remember when he was there to watch Alex Ovechkin make history as the greatest NHL goal-scorer of all time?

This time, he was spotted rooting on Team USA winning its first gold medal since 1980 in the OT win over Canada. What's more: There's viral video of the FBI director partying with the team in the locker room on Sunday, Feb. 22, drinking and getting pumped over the victory.

There's a bunch of backlash over all that, between what's going on back home and questions about who's paying for Patel's trip to Italy. And Patel responded on X (formerly Twitter):

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