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Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:05 PM Apr 21

Watchdog requests Patel calendar, security detail messages [View all]

Source: the hill


by Sarah Davis - 04/21/26 3:55 PM ET

A watchdog organization has filed a new request for records pertaining to FBI Director Kash Patel, citing new reports of excessive alcohol use from the intelligence chief.

The request from the Democracy Forward Foundation (DFF) cites The Atlantic’s recent report, “The FBI Director is MIA.”

“If the Director of the FBI is a liability – the American people need to know,” DFF President and CEO Skye Perryman said in a press release on Tuesday.

“News reports, including from The Atlantic, suggest that his levels of drinking and absentee leadership are not just unacceptable, but also a threat to the integrity of one of the most important law enforcement agencies in the country,” Perryman continued. “If true, this is not a minor lapse in judgment or a personal issue to brush aside; this goes to whether the FBI is being led with the discipline, reliability, and seriousness the job demands.”.......................


Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5841793-kash-patel-drinking-allegations/





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