“A Threat To National Security”; Kash Patel’s FBI Colleagues Report Excessive Drinking and Unexplained Absences
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🗓️ 19 April 2026
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Summary
“The Atlantic” has published an article sourcing multiple current and former officials within the FBI that details deeply concerning behavior from Director Kash Patel. The reported behavior includes excessive drinking to the point that meetings have to be rescheduled and equipment was requested to break down locked doors to gain access to him when he can’t be woken up when he is needed. Patel has reacted forcefully on social media, denying the reports and threatening a lawsuit. Patel’s lawyers published the letter they sent “The Atlantic” saying the article is one of the most absurd things they’ve ever read.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:07.4 | It is Sunday, April 19th, and a very prominent member of the Trump administration |
| 0:12.1 | is following in Trump's footsteps and is now threatening to sue a news outlet. |
| 0:18.1 | The news outlet published an article that essentially called him, well, a drunk. |
| 0:24.7 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:27.6 | Rob, that's not an oversimplification or a classification of this. |
| 0:30.8 | This is essentially what this Atlantic article says. |
| 0:33.8 | Not only do they say he's a drunk and this is reported from his colleagues, people who |
| 0:40.0 | work with him who have spoken off the record, but they also say he's a threat to national |
| 0:45.1 | security. Yeah, if you got an FBI director who's drunk and who you can't get a hold of, |
| 0:49.7 | which is some of the stuff they detail, rope, some of the stuff is a little scary. It's jaw dropping. |
| 0:59.0 | Yeah. You and I worked with a colleague. You're going to, of course, a colleague that used to joke around in the news business. Said, you know what, if you can't do this job drunk, you shouldn't do it at all. |
| 1:04.4 | Okay, that's funny if you're a photographer. Yes. Robs. It's not funny when you are the director of the FBI. |
| 1:14.5 | You are in charge of making sure that criminals are off our streets and that the homeland is protected. |
| 1:23.4 | We're at war, by the way. |
| 1:24.6 | We're at war. |
| 1:25.9 | Yes. |
| 1:26.3 | And so to hear these very specific, detailed, and regular occurrences as related by people |
| 1:36.0 | who know him, work with him, and see him daily, this is deeply concerning. |
| 1:40.7 | It is. |
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