FBI provides clip of Kash Patel at Liberty U event, disputing MS NOW report placing him in Russia

The FBI posted a clip Wednesday of Director Kas Patel at Liberty U as part of a law enforcement appreciation event. 

The clip was in response to a report from MS Now reporter Ken Dilanian who claimed that "two people familiar with the matter" informed the outlet that Patel had landed in Russia for a meeting. 

“We don’t know what Kash Patel is doing in Russia. And that’s one of the things that’s concerning our FBI sources — they don’t know either,” Dilanian said. 

Dilanian said that he'd reached out to the FBI for comment, but the agency hadn't yet responded. He said Patel's trip was part of a two-day trip that included stops in St. Petersburg and Moscow. 

Shortly after the report aired, the FBI posted on X the segment juxtaposed to a clip of Patel at Liberty U in Lynchburg, Virginia. 

"Here’s where Kash Patel actually is … Liberty U, doing a law enforcement appreciation event," the FBI said.