Joshua Rhett Miller FBI Director Kash Patel is facing renewed scrutiny for frequent trips, luxury expenditures and personal activities he has disguised as official business, according to a bipartisan group of lawmakers. Representative Jamie Raskin and Senator Dick Durbin, Democratic ranking members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, requested additional information from Patel, 46, regarding his alleged misuse of government resources in a July 8 letter.