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FBI Director Kash Patel Announces Engagement to Alexis Wilkins
Kash Patel, who leads the FBI, and country singer Alexis Wilkins announced that they are engaged.
They shared the news on X on Sunday evening.
Wilkins posted a photo showing her ring, and Patel shared her post.
The caption joked about getting “the law involved.”
Reports give different details about when they met and began dating.
One report says they met in Nashville in 2022 and started dating in early 2023.
Other reports say they were together before Patel became FBI director in 2025.
Wilkins released her first album, Grit, in 2023.
Patel has also faced criticism for some trips on government aircraft, including a trip to a wrestling event where Wilkins performed.
FBI Director Kash Patel and country singer Alexis Wilkins announced their engagement in posts on X on Sunday evening.
Wilkins, 27, shared a black-and-white photo displaying her ring with the caption, “Went and got the law involved”; Patel reposted it.
Reports differ on their timeline: one says they met in Nashville in 2022 and began dating in early 2023, while others say they had been together since before Patel became FBI director in 2025.
Wilkins is a country singer and political commentator whose debut album, Grit, was released in 2023.
Patel has faced criticism over government-aircraft trips, including an FBI jet flight to a wrestling event where Wilkins performed the national anthem.
- Who
- FBI Director Kash Patel and country singer Alexis Wilkins.
- What
- They announced their engagement on social media.
- Where
- In posts on X; one report says the couple first met at an event in Nashville.
- When
- Sunday evening; the articles do not provide a calendar date.
- Why
- The couple announced their engagement; the articles do not state why they decided to get engaged.
Reported relationship timelines
Different accounts
When the couple met and began dating
Reported relationship timelines
A report citing the New York Post says they met at a friend's event in Nashville in 2022 and began dating in early 2023.
Different accounts
Other reports say they had been dating since before Patel took over as FBI director in 2025, without giving the same specific start date.
Key facts
- Announcement
- The couple announced their engagement in posts on X.
- Wilkins' age
- 27
- Patel's age
- 46
- Dating timeline
- Reports vary: one says they met in Nashville in 2022 and began dating in early 2023; others say they were together before Patel became FBI director in 2025.
- Wilkins' debut album
- Grit, released in 2023.
- Reported aircraft trip
- Patel faced criticism for an FBI jet trip to State College, Pennsylvania, for a wrestling event where Wilkins performed the national anthem.
Quotes
Alexis Wilkins
Country singer and political commentator; Kash Patel’s fiancée
“I have always liked [him], when I met him, I just liked that he was so, so honest”
rediff.com
“All of this was not on my bingo card, but here we are.”
livemint.com
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