Kash Patel's drinking has been a recurring source of concern across the government.

[Swede]

Krash Patel

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“Patel’s drinking has been a recurring source of concern across the government. They said that he is known to drink to the point of obvious intoxication….On multiple occasions in the past year, members of his security detail had difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated…”

— Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) 2026-04-17T23:11:19.617Z

[senseandsensibility]

1. Chris Hayes covered this

Pete Aguilar is on calling for his resignation.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Concern? Where?

Concern and empathy are not in the MAGA playbook.

[Cha]

3. Who can forget Cash Drunkenly

Swilling down the champagne bottle, in the Locker room, at the Olympics?

Exactly what kind of an FBI director did PEDO appoint?

[RockRaven]

4. The Dotard chose drunks to head up the FBI and DOD because he is a traitor who wants those institutions to be weakened.

Their sycophancy is a bonus, sure. But destroying America is the priority.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Robert Kennedy Jr is a long time drug addict.

Pam Bondi appears to have a drinking problem.

I wonder how many of the others have a drink or drug problem too.

[fujiyamasan]

12. Don't forget Jeanine Pirro

The greatest wino of them all.

[canetoad]

13. Are you beginning to see

A pattern across this admin?

I wouldn't put it past trump to know all the dirty details in the past of these addicts and use them to his advantage.

[Gore1FL]

6. Given the position he put himself into, I'm surprised it begins and ends with alcohol.

He needs to resign out of incompetence. The reason he is drinking is that he knows this to be true.

[Initech]

7. This seems to be a recurring theme with this crowd

[LisaM]

8. I think it's even a concern around hockey.

And that is saying a LOT.

[FakeNoose]

9. Am I remembering correctly that he didn't really want the job of FBI Director?

He was living in Las Vegas and didn't want to move to Washington, D.C. He almost gave it a pass, but Chump begged him and sweetened the pot with additional promises. It was during the interim before Chump's inaugural, and the media was doing its will-he-or-won't-he routine. Patel probably had a drinking problem even then.

[ToxMarz]

10. What would be interesting to know, and no doubt the information is available

Where did this occur? His security detail certainly doesn't come and wake him up every morning in his bed at home.

"On multiple occasions in the past year,
members of his security detail had difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated.

A request for “breaching equipment”—normally used by SWAT and hostage-rescue teams to quickly gain entry into buildings—was made last year because Patel had been unreachable behind locked doors, according to multiple people familiar with the request.

These are places he passed out partying somewhere. His security detail wouldn't be looking for him if he always home in bed or at work.

I'd like to know where and when and with who this occured. I'm sure there was likely something that would have been requiring his undivided attention at the time and was he out on taxpayers dime (using the private jet) doing this shit

[Blumancru]

11. I would hate to think he would do and say the stuff he is doing and saying

while sober. I hope they get him help and get him dried out.
Kegsbreath concerns me more, he could do more harm.
Loooong ago, there was a congressman from Massachusetts, John McCormack, who I have been told had a terrible drinking problem, and that he would make long drunken speeches on the floor of the House. It was never reported in the press because they covered for people in those days. He served as Speaker. Others say he was a teetotaller. I am not sure what to believe.
Joe McCarthy had a drug addiction.
Wilbur Mills was another one who loved a nip or two. Or three.

[flvegan]

14. You have to be drunk to look in the mirror at that. n/t

[usonian]

15. A mafia boss hires only compromised lieutenants.

i.e. people with folks in the old country
A mafia boss needs do nothing.

He has "levers"

[NBachers]

16. I'd accuse him of drinking top-shelf booze on our dime, but he probably only drinks rotgut.