An FBI supervisory special agent was fired by Director Kash Patel after an internal watchdog uncovered a series of prostitution scandals involving FBI personnel, both domestically and overseas.
According to a summary from the FBI’s Office of the Inspector General, the dismissed agent solicited and used prostitutes on multiple occasions, including while on assignment abroad and in the U.S. He also used a government-issued device to pay for sex, putting himself in a position of extortion and blackmail risk.
DOJ declines to prosecute
Despite the clear evidence, the Justice Department declined to pursue criminal charges, offering no public explanation.
No dates or locations were disclosed in the report that could identify the individual. He is referred to only as a “then-FBI Supervisory Special Agent.”
The misconduct, according to the report, also included:
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Failure to report intimate relationships with foreign nationals
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Misuse of an FBI-issued phone to arrange paid encounters
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Multiple violations of FBI and DOJ policy
Kash Patel acts, DOJ stays silent
While Kash Patel, appointed by President Trump to lead the FBI, acted swiftly to terminate the agent, the DOJ and FBI have refused to comment, once again raising questions about institutional protection for insiders.
The findings build on years of reports detailing a culture of corruption within the Bureau — something Trump has railed against since his first term.
“This is exactly the kind of sick, dangerous behavior that the FBI has tolerated for decades,” a former Trump administration official said. “It’s what President Trump and Director Patel were sent to root out.”
Pattern of FBI misconduct abroad
This week’s revelations follow a 2021 Inspector General report that documented at least five FBI agents who paid for sex while abroad and another who failed to report it.
In one case, an FBI agent passed a package containing 100 white pills to a foreign law enforcement officer.
The New York Times previously exposed how agents stationed in Cambodia, Thailand, and the Philippines engaged in wild parties with prostitutes between 2009 and 2018 — sometimes with their supervisors present.
In 2017, an FBI agent solicited a prostitute in Bangkok. In 2018, agents in Manila accepted prostitutes from a foreign law enforcement agency.
The Wall Street Journal later reported that several agents in Asia were recalled as the internal investigation heated up.
Obama-era DOJ admitted the risk
Even Eric Holder, Obama’s Attorney General, wrote in 2015 that DOJ employees soliciting prostitutes posed a grave national security risk, citing the possibility of extortion, blackmail, or leaked classified information.
Now under President Trump’s leadership, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Director Patel have pledged to clean house — and make sex trafficking and internal corruption top priorities in the new administration.
Both officials have also promised full transparency, including potential document releases related to Crossfire Hurricane and the Epstein files.
