FBI’s Kash Patel denies excess drinking amid officials’ US security concerns

Agency director threatens to sue Atlantic for report citing allegations from two dozen current and former colleagues The FBI director, Kash Patel, is denying allegations detailed in a new report that he drinks to excess and has been unreachable at times during his tenure in office. Patel threatened to sue the Atlantic over the story published on Friday, which detailed his alleged heavy drinking and how members of his security detail have on multiple occasions had difficulty waking him. It also stated that Patel is concerned he might soon be fired, according to current and former government officials. Patel told the Atlantic: “Print it, all false, I’ll see you in court – bring your checkbook.” On Saturday, Patel published an X post on his official FBI account addressed to what he called “the fake news” over “the hit piece lies you write about me”. “Keep talking,” Patel wrote. “It means I’m doing exactly what I should be doing. And no amount of BS you write will ever deter this FBI from making America safe again and taking down the criminals you love.” The allegations, attributed to two dozen current and former officials, are just the latest incidents to rai