FBI Director’s Gift of a 3D-Printed Replica Pistol to Australian Police Destroyed by New Commissioner

Kash Patel gave a replica pistol to Australian Federal Police commissioner Reece Kershaw during a July 2025 visit, but commissioner Krissy Barrett ordered its destruction within months.

• Patel presented the 3D-printed imitation pistol to AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw during the FBI director’s trip to Australia and New Zealand in July 2025.
• The pistol was displayed in Kershaw’s office, according to internal AFP emails and text messages released under freedom of information laws.
• AFP commissioner Krissy Barrett ordered the destruction of the gift in October 2025 after the AFP’s forensic firearms team verified it as an inoperable imitation pistol.