FBI’s Kash Patel denies excess drinking amid officials’ US security concerns

Agency director threatens to sue Atlantic for report citing allegations from two dozen current and former colleagues 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. 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. Continue reading...

Eric Berger · Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 10:09 AM
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FBI’s Kash Patel denies excess drinking amid officials’ US security concerns

Agency director threatens to sue Atlantic for report citing allegations from two dozen current and former colleagues

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.

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.

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