F.B.I. (Federal Bureau of Intoxication)

That is a totally incomplete assessment of the situation with Kash Patel. Lol.The real story runs for10 single space pages. When you read it you can not possibly imagine it is true. Except,it is.

This entire administration is an unfunny joke.

@skutfarcus : But, but, drunks in the administration are what help tie Season 1 into Season 2.

Video Title: Kudlow drunk

@skutfarcus : FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences
www.reuters.com/worl d/fbi-director-kash- patel-sues-atlantic- court-records-s

FBI Director Kash Patel filed a defamation lawsuit against the Atlantic and its reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick following the publication of an article on Friday alleging the director had a ​drinking problem that could pose a threat to national security.

 

The magazine's story, initially titled "Kash Patel's Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His Job," cited more than two dozen anonymous ‌sources expressing concern about Patel's "conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences" that "alarmed officials at the FBI and the Department of Justice."

 

The article, which the Atlantic subsequently titled "The FBI Director Is MIA" in its online version, reported that during Patel's tenure, the FBI had to reschedule early meetings "as a result of his alcohol-fueled nights" and that Patel "is often away or unreachable, delaying time-sensitive decisions needed to advance investigations."

 

In the Atlantic's story, the White House, the Department of Justice and Patel denied ​the allegations. The article included a statement from the FBI attributed to Patel, "Print it, all false, I'll see you in court-bring your checkbook."

 

"The Atlantic's story is a lie," Patel said ​in an interview with Reuters. "They were given the truth before they published, and they chose to print falsehoods anyway."
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Kash Patel Got Arrested for Public Urination After a Night of Drinking
theintercept.com/202 6/04/24/kash-patel-a rrest-alcohol-drinki ng/
Patel was twice arrested in incidents involving alcohol, once for public intoxication and once for public urination after leaving a bar, he admitted in a 2005 letter about disclosures on his Florida Bar application.

 

The letter obtained by The Intercept was part of Patel's personnel file at the Miami-Dade Public Defender's Office, where he once worked. The document, written "per instructions of my employer," describes incidents of alcohol-related indiscretions not uncommon for those in their teens and twenties.

 

Two decades later, as Patel pushes back against allegations that drinking is impairing his leadership of the nation's top law enforcement agency, these arrests show how Patel's alcohol use has been subjected to scrutiny before in his professional life.

 

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Twenty years after writing the letter, Patel became the ninth director of the FBI. His tenure has been marked by controversies, including over the firing of agents who worked on investigations of President Donald Trump, the use of his government jet, and lawsuits filed by his girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, over false claims that she is a former Mossad agent.

 

More recent concerns about Patel's drinking followed the release of a viral video in February of the FBI director chugging a beer with the U.S. Olympic hockey team in Italy.

 

Pressure mounted with a report in The Atlantic alleging, through anonymous sources, that Patel has been intoxicated at the social club Ned's in Washington and the Poodle Room in Las Vegas, another private club. The Atlantic reported that Patel's drinking has been "a recurring source of concern across the government."
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