{"id":229528,"date":"2026-05-30T23:54:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T23:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=229528"},"modified":"2026-05-30T23:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T23:54:31","slug":"kash-patel-flies-off-the-handle-when-asked-about-drinking-on-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=229528","title":{"rendered":"Kash Patel Flies Off the Handle When Asked About Drinking on the Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Director Kash Patel\u2019s appearance before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee Tuesday fell apart as soon as he was asked about his widely reported drinking habits.It was the bureau chief\u2019s first time back on Capitol Hill since The Atlantic published multiple bombshell reports detailing how Patel\u2019s alleged substance abuse and his unexplained absences had alarmed officials in and out of the agency.But the topic was apparently still too hot for Patel to handle come Tuesday&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/post\/210327\/kash-patel-freaks-senate-asked-drinking\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Director Kash Patel\u2019s appearance before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee Tuesday fell apart as soon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ksa"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229528-kash-patel-flies-off-the-handle-when-asked-about-drinking-on-the-job.jpeg",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229528-kash-patel-flies-off-the-handle-when-asked-about-drinking-on-the-job-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229528-kash-patel-flies-off-the-handle-when-asked-about-drinking-on-the-job-300x200.jpeg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229528-kash-patel-flies-off-the-handle-when-asked-about-drinking-on-the-job-768x512.jpeg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229528-kash-patel-flies-off-the-handle-when-asked-about-drinking-on-the-job-1024x683.jpeg",640,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229528-kash-patel-flies-off-the-handle-when-asked-about-drinking-on-the-job.jpeg",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229528-kash-patel-flies-off-the-handle-when-asked-about-drinking-on-the-job.jpeg",1200,800,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229528-kash-patel-flies-off-the-handle-when-asked-about-drinking-on-the-job-1024x683.jpeg",1024,683,true],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229528-kash-patel-flies-off-the-handle-when-asked-about-drinking-on-the-job-825x575.jpeg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229528-kash-patel-flies-off-the-handle-when-asked-about-drinking-on-the-job-590x410.jpeg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=27\" rel=\"category\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>","tag_info":"Saudi Arabia","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=229528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/229529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=229528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=229528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=229528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}