Van Hollen posts alcohol use test results after challenging Patel to take survey
Van Hollen shared his self-reported screening and said Patel should follow through after a Senate hearing clash over allegations about the FBI director.
- On Wednesday, Senator Chris Van Hollen released his Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test results and challenged FBI Director Kash Patel to fulfill his promise to take the same screening.
- The dispute stems from allegations in The Atlantic regarding Patel's "excessive drinking" and "erratic" behavior, which the director has denied, labeling the claims "unequivocally and categorically false."
- During Tuesday's Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing, Van Hollen questioned Patel about these reports, prompting Patel to accuse the senator of misusing taxpayer funds during a trip to El Salvador.
- Although Patel agreed on the record to take the test, he had not responded to Van Hollen's public posting of his own results as of Wednesday afternoon.
- The exchange transformed a routine budget hearing into a public test of credibility, with both men repeatedly calling each other liars while trading accusations about their professional and private conduct.
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Kash Patel insisted under oath he doesn’t drink excessively — then came the now viral multi-confessions from the FBI director
It’s clearly very important to Kash Patel, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that people believe he does not drink excessively. Unfortunately for Patel, a brutal TV reel is now going viral across nearly every social media platform, featuring Patel himself repeatedly discussing his apparent fondness for spending his free time with a bottle. The clip first originated from The Briefing with Jen Psaki on MS Now, where Patel explai…
Van Hollen Challenges Kash Patel to Release Alcohol Screening
Washington, D.C. — Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland publicly released the results of his Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test on Wednesday and challenged FBI Director Kash Patel to do the same following a heated Senate hearing exchange over allegations involving Patel’s behavior and alcohol use. The dispute began during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing Tuesday, when Van Hollen questioned Patel about claims published by The Atla…
Chris Van Hollen Is Awaiting Kash Patel's Alcohol Abuse Test Results
Francis Chung/POLITICO/APSen. Chris Van Hollen issued a public callout to FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday, filling his end of a bargain the pair had made during a tense Senate hearing a day prior to both release their results on an alcohol abuse test.“Yesterday, @FBIDirectorKash told me he'd take the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test if I did. Well, here's mine. Given all the lies he told yesterday, I imagine he'll fudge the numbers…
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