{"id":65393,"date":"2026-05-13T05:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/13\/kash-patel-lashes-out-as-lawmakers-question-excessive-drinking-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T05:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:20:18","slug":"kash-patel-lashes-out-as-lawmakers-question-excessive-drinking-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/13\/kash-patel-lashes-out-as-lawmakers-question-excessive-drinking-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Kash Patel lashes out as lawmakers question \u2018excessive drinking\u2019 &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxQWUtkV1ZiWVRqRFBpWkE0Y293LU9WemMtV2g0Q1k3alBiNU9Ga25VNmdHWWw3dmVIUF9fazF5RG5mdWxFQ1V4em1xWmphZDZyUjZqN3hKWG9ZblBIY1dRVkFXZndEcERxVW1zOUtBSGNuME1vLUkxU2lXMVBUekxyaF9jc3Baa3B3MDZVdW05eFpoS1NyY1FXSnVmdEhHTC1HTjRuWDFVQ21qY3V4SkRwbTJuSzIySnFOTjRFZg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Kash Patel lashes out as lawmakers question \u2018excessive drinking\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxPc2VSRjh6dEc0STktZktoejJxR3lQeTFHLVQ3Z1FNUVFkSXJRU09lOUxCd1RlMDV6MEc4ckNkWXF0eGVjSDFhaDRaRUVZeXp5T1pwMUgtTnE1akpsZmxUYThFbHRSNGVhT2Y2SnNaWjAzbVJGeWRsbm0wRXN3czJZdkpDTTcxdk1JSGR6d3NINjU4S051ZVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Takeaways from FBI Director Kash Patel\u2019s defensive Hill testimony<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxNUUtsQmtad3VERGpuOG1zZUVVeGtnMFZkczk5bTZfVjZtRGljUWg1eXp5RnVaUzBwUHBxMl93UmV6VmpvQ1VlbjZCNWR2V05CUTM2MUpJbkYxdFVYdmpmd0dSQmJTZ0FqMkpkWVZrVHBoem5tM2h1cUNES3hrZEkxSkczMS1Bam9OdU0w?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Kash Patel Denies Lying and Excessive Drinking in Heated Exchanges With Democrats<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxNalFPVkxqbFJOc3VnaGUwRS04d01OR2hFTklOZ3NNaUFHVEZRbHF1SDZ0VzlkdHJ4VE54X0tuRW5ldjFsSTRXRThleWQ3bm41WG5RbDYyUzBnMERvbFNPMWI4cnRiRXVZVFdsZDFGNXNRSVNvM3VVbV9sWkk2cFVSdW1WclZydHgzX1BVWUd3cFRTc1ktZ2JiNnZZeUxKdktCVnF6OVR3UW1MZ9IBrwFBVV95cUxOS1ZJTmVKcDZTN3RMN0x3bWk5N2M1R2FXc3ZWTHcxTzZJYVlPblNxMGEwUERNQ0x2VDN6SVNpOGFhM1pVS2Qwb19jcnNhS1l3YU9OVlczMWpqdnoyai1fU1JoS1haNFlNMHNrM2ZPajdQSEJGenlCWkt4NjJ1THdzSUJ4Ny1NNDR5RjBITHJKLTVLUEttTF9hdk9tS2FBVFdTMWRwcEVCeEFTQnBTVTNz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Patel, Van Hollen trade barbs over &#8216;slinging margaritas&#8217; in heated Senate clash<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fox News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxNSWs5a19KOEtnbWtNTHlXV1NoWThMNzRjeEFYWV9oRWs4dEc2NjVXa0NJV3RLampIeHFQX25xVmtDeU9jVUJrRGhPTFA3NjYzWnZkOVRNVF9vR2g3QTNjbHFWQVduMTY2SEZRNDJzZzZoMU5pVmV3OWZDN1I4TXJFdnhKR2FYaGp0cHhlS002d2k3c2dUN0Q0NDJmdndUcmdsdXBSdU5ValJ4dlpYMXl6bTRRUXBxSklmWDJaMWR3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Kash Patel and Democratic senator trade alcohol-related allegations at congressional hearing<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kash Patel lashes out as lawmakers question \u2018excessive drinking\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post Takeaways from FBI Director Kash Patel\u2019s defensive Hill testimony&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN Kash Patel Denies Lying and&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/13\/kash-patel-lashes-out-as-lawmakers-question-excessive-drinking-the-washington-post\/\" 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-65393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65393","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=65393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}