Kash Patel’s Heated Hearing Spirals Into Bar-Tab Drama and a Test Challenge
In a tense congressional hearing, FBI Director Kash Patel faced questions about alleged drinking and related travel, sparking a heated exchange with Sen. Chris Van Hollen over a claimed $7,000 Washington bar tab. Democrats had pushed the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test as a cross-check, and Patel agreed to take it alongside Van Hollen, who publicly shared his results; Patel’s test timing remains unclear.