‘You’re a BIG-TIME HYPOCRITE, Senator!’: Kash Patel rips Van Hollen over ‘excessive drinking’ claims
FBI Director Kash Patel engaged in a heated exchange with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing after being questioned about recent media reports alleging excessive drinking. The Atlantic reported claims that Patel had 'alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences,' which he strongly pushed back against during testimony.