Kyle Seraphin says on his show that Patel's girlfriend is "a former Mossad agent"
Kyle SeraphinPodcaster and former FBI special agent, on The Kyle Seraphin Show, as quoted in Wilkins's complaint and the court's order
On his show on August 22, 2025, Kyle Seraphin said FBI Director Kash Patel had his own "little 'honeypot' issue" and that Patel's girlfriend, a country music singer and political commentator, is "a former Mossad agent in what is like the equivalent of their NSA." He did not name Wilkins. The words come from the transcript quoted in Wilkins's complaint and in the court's order, which says Seraphin's own version was materially the same.
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Kyle Seraphin said on his podcast on August 22, 2025 that FBI Director Kash Patel "has had his own little 'honeypot' issue" and that Patel's girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, is "a former Mossad agent in what is like the equivalent of their NSA," according to the transcript quoted in Wilkins's complaint and in the court's order denying his motion to dismiss.
“[FBI Director Kash Patel] has had his own little ‘honeypot’ issue that’s been going on of late, so we’re just going to acknowledge it real publicly. He’s got a girlfriend that is half his age, who is apparently is both a country music singer, a political commentator on Rumble, a friend of John Rich through Bongino, who also now owns a big chunk of Rumble, and she’s also a former Mossad agent in what is like the equivalent of their NSA.”
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Is Alexis Wilkins a foreign 'honeypot' agent, as Kyle Seraphin and other commentators suggested?
Since early 2025, online commentators have suggested that Alexis Wilkins, the country singer engaged to FBI Director Kash Patel, is an Israeli or Mossad "honeypot" sent to compromise him. Podcaster Kyle Seraphin said on August 22, 2025 that Patel's girlfriend is "a former Mossad agent" (he did not name her; a court found the remarks referred to her), Sam Parker raised the idea through questions in a February 2025 X thread, and Elijah Schaffer posted her photo under a thread about female Mossad operatives. Wilkins says she has never been an intelligence agent and has never been to Israel, and she sued all three for defamation. A Florida court let the Schaffer suit proceed, the parties then reported a tentative agreement and jointly dismissed it with prejudice, and on September 9, 2026 Schaffer posted a retraction saying she "is not, and has never been, a foreign intelligence operative"; a Utah court dismissed the Parker suit for lack of jurisdiction; the Seraphin suit is pending after the court denied his motion to dismiss. As of October 5, 2026, we found no evidence offered by anyone that Wilkins has worked for any intelligence service, and no court has ruled at trial on the claim.
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Wilkins's complaint against Kyle Seraphin, pleading one count of defamation and defamation per se and seeking more than $5 million. Paragraph 10 quotes a transcript of his August 22, 2025 remarks. It is a pleading signed by lawyers, so its statements are allegations and not sworn testimony.
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The order denying Kyle Seraphin's motion to dismiss. It quotes his August 22, 2025 remarks as set out in Wilkins's complaint and notes that his own motion gave a version that was materially the same. It holds that the remarks are capable of defamatory meaning and that Wilkins adequately pleaded actual malice, accepting the complaint's factual allegations as true, as the rules require at this stage. Applying the test of whether a statement can be verified, and taking those allegations as true, it calls the statements "verifiably false"; this is a pleading-stage ruling and not a finding after trial. It declines to rule on whether Wilkins is a public figure.
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Online posts had suggested since early 2025 that Wilkins was an Israeli agent, and she had called such accusations "insanely ridiculous" on X on July 9, 2025. In the episode, Seraphin first discussed news reports about undercover and "honeypot" techniques used by the FBI, according to the court's order.
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Wilkins sued Seraphin for defamation five days later, on August 27, 2025. He moved to dismiss, calling the remarks satire, and the court denied the motion on May 22, 2026. As of October 5, 2026 the case is pending.
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Why this label?
The reference point is the proposition that Alexis Wilkins is, or was, a foreign intelligence agent, specifically an Israeli or Mossad "honeypot" in a relationship with Kash Patel to compromise him. Seraphin states as fact that Patel's girlfriend is "a former Mossad agent" and ties that to a "honeypot" issue, which asserts the proposition, so we used Condemned. Here that label records only an attributed assertion and no judgment on Seraphin or Wilkins. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional, because Seraphin later said the remarks were satire and hyperbole. The word "apparently" introduces his list of her roles, but "she's also a former Mossad agent" opens its own clause and is stated as fact, and the court found the remarks "would reasonably be understood as describing actual facts." Mixed or conditional loses because the remark sets no express condition; his later position is recorded as a separate statement. Evidence level: we did not hear the recording, but Seraphin's own answer responds "Admit" to paragraph 10 of the complaint, the paragraph that quotes the transcript, and the court notes that his motion quoted it the same way apart from punctuation.
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Read the full caseJake Shields responds to Schaffer's retraction: "I'm glad Elijah cleared that up"
“I'm glad Elijah cleared that up Alexis Wikins is not an Israeli honeypot and the FBI is not funding her lawsuit”Read statement
Schaffer retracts his post and says Wilkins "is not, and has never been" a foreign intelligence operative
“I apologize for that implication because it is false to suggest she is a honeypot. Alexis Wilkins is not, and has never been, a foreign intelligence operative, foreign asset, or honeypot of any kind. There is no factual basis to suggest otherwise. … I retract my September 2025 post in full. The original post has been deleted.”Read statement
Seraphin's answer calls his remarks "opinion, satire, or rhetorical hyperbole"
“Deny. Defendant explicitly defined the term “honeypot” differently than the Complaint alleges. … The statements were expressions of opinion, satire, or rhetorical hyperbole, not verifiable false assertions of fact. … Defendant accurately and off-handedly reported third party allegations.”Read statement
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