Never one to forego an opportunity to live it up in style and on the taxpayer’s dime, FBI Director K$H Patel is being driven around in a mini fleet of custom-armored BMW X5s, MS Now reports.
“Government agencies, including the FBI, routinely evaluate, replace and update vehicle fleets based on usage, security needs or budgetary decisions,” said FBI PR agent Ben Williamson, confirming the reporting. “The specific decisions referenced in this article were evaluated partly as a way to save taxpayers millions by picking cheaper selections or making cost structures more efficient.”
MS Now dutifully notes that Williamson did not make any effort whatsoever to provide them with the relevant documentation let alone even name the prices. Also what the fuck, why BMW? If it were Cadillac Escalades then yeah that’d be an overpriced luxury model too but at least he’d be able to say they’re buying American and from a UAW shop in Michigan rather than a German brand that thrived under the Third Reich and assembled at a non-union plant somewhere in the south.