BOMBSHELL: FBI Director Reportedly Drinking, Missing Work, Sometimes Unreachable
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🗓️ 18 April 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Tim Miller reacts to a jaw-dropping article in The Atlantic which alleges that FBI Director Kash Patel was repeatedly unreachable on the job—including an incident where security considered breaching a locked door to wake him. From a bizarre meltdown over a computer login to allegations of heavy drinking, missed briefings, and weekends in Vegas, Tim takes on this shocking report.
Read Sarah Fitzpatrick’s article in The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/
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| 0:34.4 | with Indeed. Hey, everybody, Tim Miller from the bulwark here uh there is an amazing |
| 0:39.8 | story in the atlantic about drunk cash patel being passed out at the switch at the federal |
| 0:46.8 | bureau of investigation and i had to get that to you as soon as i could so i'm going to give you an annotated reading of this banger of a story from Sarah Fitzpatrick over at the Atlantic. |
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| 1:19.5 | Man, great bang for your buck over at the Atlantic. |
| 1:23.3 | Let's read this story together. |
| 1:26.5 | Man, is it scary and delicious and filled with |
| 1:31.3 | Schadenfreude all at once? Headline, the FBI director is MIA. Cash Patel has alarmed |
| 1:37.6 | colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences. Here we go. It begins. |
| 1:44.3 | Deep breath. |
| 1:45.0 | On Friday, April 10th, as FBI director, Cash Patel is preparing to leave work for the weekend. |
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