Kash Patel gave his Australian counterpart a 3D replica gun as a gift. It was destroyed within months
- When the FBI director, Kash Patel, visited the Australian federal police last year, he came bearing a gift: a 3D-printed imitation pistol that then was “displayed proudly” in the commissioner’s office.
- Yet within months, shortly after Krissy Barrett became the AFP’s new commissioner last October, she ordered it to be destroyed.
- Documents released by the AFP this week under freedom of information laws reveal Patel gave the pistol to Barrett’s predecessor, Reece Kershaw, during the US agency director’s trip to Australia and New Zealand last July.
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- When the FBI director, Kash Patel, visited the Australian federal police last year, he came bearing a gift: a 3D-printed imitation pistol that then was “displayed proudly” in the commissioner’s office.
- Yet within months, shortly after Krissy Barrett became the AFP’s new commissioner last October, she ordered it to be destroyed.
- Documents released by the AFP this week under freedom of information laws reveal Patel gave the pistol to Barrett’s predecessor, Reece Kershaw, during the US agency director’s trip to Australia and New Zealand last July.
Sources: Guardian