Alexis Wilkins, the conservative country singer who is the longtime girlfriend of FBI director Kash Patel, is responding to critics after announcing that she has been booked to perform at a Freedom 250 event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Wednesday. She was invited to sing because of her standing as a popular performer, “on my own accord,” she insisted, slamming “sham accusations” suggesting otherwise.
The outspoken artist tweeted about her appearance on Tuesday afternoon, writing on X, “What a great honor to be a part of the 250th birthday of this great nation!,” with an image of the Washington Monument behind her. Evidently she was checking her replies, because within two hours of the initial tweet, the outspoken artist responded angrily to a freelance journalist who wrote, “Does having the FBI director’s girlfriend getting paid by the taxpayers to perform violate federal ethics laws?”
Wilkins quote-tweeted that reply and defended herself with a message that said: “1. I have been a country music artist for years now. I have had a successful career in both music and commentary/strategy. People don’t get to negate that for clicks or headlines. I was invited to sing this anthem on my own accord, as I have been many other places throughout my career.”
