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</div></p><p>The FBI director, Kash Patel, is denying allegations detailed in a new report that he drinks to excess and has been unreachable at times during his tenure in office.</p><p>Patel threatened to sue the Atlantic over the story published on Friday, which detailed his alleged heavy drinking and how members of his security detail have on multiple occasions had difficulty waking him.</p><p>federal bureau of intoxication.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/FBI" rel="tag">#<span>FBI</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/patel" rel="tag">#<span>patel</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/trump" rel="tag">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/resist" rel="tag">#<span>resist</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/drinking" rel="tag">#<span>drinking</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/3a8cff7c-11c8-4ef2-b396-b4d4df67eb09/https-www.theguardian.com-us-news-2026-apr-18-fbi-kash-patel-excess-drinking</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 02:35:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/3a8cff7c-11c8-4ef2-b396-b4d4df67eb09.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:57:03 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl></channel></rss>