FBI Director Kash Patel to Audience Member with Tourette Syndrome: ‘F^%# you!’

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For the first time in US history, an FBI Director has used obscenities to personally attack a member of the public this week. Extraordinary circumstances surrounding the incident included that Director Kash Patel was addressing one of his own followers, whom he knew in advance was suffering from Coprolalia, a form of Tourette syndrome involving swearing and derogatory or inappropriate remarks with a neurological basis.

Leading up to the outbursts, Patel’s follower had been invited to join an online group discussion led by prominent Republican commentators as an audience member. The meeting had only recently begun with an initial exchange of pleasantries when the FBI Director made his presence known. Presumably expecting praise or a warmer response, Patel seemed taken aback when his follower’s syndrome caused him to blurt out swear words and phrases.

Patel had witnessed the same tic in prior meetings; a federal judge advised him that the condition was related to Tourette syndrome and was genuine. It’s unclear if the Director forgot or disregarded the medical condition. The resulting profanity-laced tirade may be the first time a US citizen has received such explicit public harassment by the FBI or an FBI Director.

Accusations of on-and-off camera alcoholism and criticisms of extreme age-gapped sexual relationships had marred the tenure of the controversial author and former prosecutor in the Trump Administration. The Director was not immediately available for comment at the time of writing.