{"id":47601,"date":"2026-04-21T23:46:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/patel-lashes-out-at-press-over-story-painting-him-as-drunk-and-awol-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T23:46:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:46:53","slug":"patel-lashes-out-at-press-over-story-painting-him-as-drunk-and-awol-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/patel-lashes-out-at-press-over-story-painting-him-as-drunk-and-awol-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"Patel lashes out at press over story painting him as drunk and AWOL &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTE95NXBfdl80OE81WjVFUS1ST2dfX0hvSlJCdFUxdFFnVDZjWWJmd1dwc3lWRjV2UXVjeUE3cUg0ZktIdmhac0pLcXFYWjdJOFBTZEVGWUJXNU9LYXZydXdpYlI3V2o5Y1BHbDRucnp1dHZEMUU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Patel lashes out at press over story painting him as drunk and AWOL<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxOTkgwRHU5VzlUbU1XUHY2TmZ5TlppTjhPdk80YUhwN0hRSkFpdHRIRkpwQ2g2UEcwLWRzSGIzWHAzazk1emstNU11dVBiRHV5RXJ2UFJBVWtXYjdnOWdNMGNPbWVjeHp4dGVySF9sWkpoUF9QemVrbzY1MlhHX2ZJNk1sVF9tVXN6UEdiWExoUDUtTXJE0gGaAUFVX3lxTFB5cG50cHhRcHRVUUNYa1NPTmMta29VRGZQWDR4QzZSQ0xoQkd4VGRTWHMyOWxYZFJHazczZWw2N3ZqSVJaWGZvbE1UUjg2al83RE02WVZpcjdvVGdQQjU1UjZqbFZQWVlQQmFzZkpUU0VMcEZWbng0NUtQRzU1TEpDRVJnTkVLNFVmVmpTcFdoNE5XT19ON25lREE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Judge dismisses Kash Patel&#8217;s defamation lawsuit over claim he frequented &#8216;nightclubs&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxPNHNORVJveF9IMnhYX2lpVDFFd1BJcnZIU3hsbGtqekY4RHRNVjZLV0hrUUZZZlB3NGV0UDJjcHc0Z2hlZGFLYTg0WHQ0WlozZ0JLb3VZc3RDa2p5U1FGS0dVZi1rcWZVcHd2UFdWNW50NWYzS1pvWHBoVHZxNHNNTUNsVWZ5Y3A4VVpHRzRR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">With acting AG at his side, FBI Director Patel publicly addresses allegations about his conduct<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPSWJyRy1fU3hZVVJRaVBLNURoQUR1TEZDTlNqSGViTVg3ZHBOcE5oV2FubzM5RDgydlNkUmdZX2pZVWt3OE1zZXJGUUJRdFBXeFRWM3hvaFhTenYwMzFfT09DN3pveXdraFh5TENtelJ4eWpsVGJaTHFTdWNZalNobm1lZWpUeXRpTWlrLXo1QW4wcWtiZkd1YXpR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The FBI Director Is MIA<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Atlantic<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxPNllFaHV6UnR5TWFoSXo5V2NqRXBqbDVSQ1UxZ2hUTjIyT0tWRGNGZFhlbWpicHd6eDlKUG1HV1dmVEdjM2hmSjFUSmtMbXpRZEE1aUhXVmhKZEZWd2lGNWUwRmJrWE9kN0h5LVhral9jSzBUQS14NF9tZUF6Nm02ZXF2X0poUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Kimmel Refers to Kash Patel\u2019s Job in the Past Tense<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patel lashes out at press over story painting him as drunk and AWOL&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico Judge dismisses Kash Patel&#8217;s defamation lawsuit over claim he frequented &#8216;nightclubs&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC With&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/patel-lashes-out-at-press-over-story-painting-him-as-drunk-and-awol-politico\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}