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No. of Recommendations: 11
FBI Director Kash Patel was twice arrested in incidents involving alcohol, once for public intoxication and once for public urination after leaving a bar, he admitted in a 2005 letter about disclosures on his Florida Bar application.
Now, about that defamation suit against the Atlantic...
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Oh my, Kash Patel, while during his college days went drinking with college classmates
and had a few too many rounds, not enough though to walk back to the dorm but they had to stop
and pee, big mistake though, they were in public.
Oh the horror, college kids acting stupid.
Betcha some of you here can relate to acting stupid during your collage days.
AI Overview
Yes, newly surfaced documents from 2005 reveal that current FBI Director Kash Patel admitted to being arrested twice in his youth for alcohol-related incidents.
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According to a 2005 letter written for his Florida Bar application and obtained by The Intercept, the two incidents occurred in 2001 and 2005:
February 2001 (Public Intoxication): As a junior at the University of Richmond, Patel was under 21 when he was arrested for public intoxication after being escorted out of a basketball game.
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February/March 2005 (Public Urination): While a law student at Pace University, Patel was arrested for public urination in New York City after drinking at local bars with friends.
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In the 2005 letter, which was part of his personnel file at the Miami-Dade Public Defender's Office, Patel described these events as "not representative of my usual conduct" and "an anomaly".
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These revelations resurfaced in April 2026 amidst separate allegations from The Atlantic regarding his current drinking habits, which Patel has denied, filing a $250 million defamation lawsuit against the magazine.
Context and Current Scrutiny
These revelations, first reported by The Intercept on April 24, 2026, surfaced amid ongoing scrutiny of Patel's conduct.
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Defamation Lawsuit: Patel has filed a $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic. The publication recently reported allegations of excessive drinking, unexplained absences, and erratic behavior during his tenure as FBI Director.
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Denials: Patel has vehemently denied these current allegations, stating at a press conference, "I've never been intoxicated on the job".
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Vetting: Spokespeople for Patel, such as Erica Knight, have described the release of these records as a "distraction" and an "attack," noting that his background was thoroughly vetted before he assumed his role at the FBI.
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No. of Recommendations: 17
Defamation Lawsuit: Patel has filed a $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic. The publication recently reported allegations of excessive drinking, unexplained absences, and erratic behavior during his tenure as FBI Director.
This suit will get dropped faster than a hot potato as soon as Patel sobers up and realizes the damage that will occur during the discovery phase.
Sarah Fitzpatrick, the investigative journalist behind The Atlantic’s profile of FBI Director Kash Patel, reported being “inundated” with new sources offering corroboration since publication.
Denials: Patel has vehemently denied these current allegations, stating at a press conference, "I've never been intoxicated on the job".
I see. So Patel admits to be intoxicated, but not on the job.
Apparently he doesn’t realize that being the head of the FBI is a 24x7 job.
Trump’s incompetence has weakened the U.S. and has made us less safe. Your defense of Trump and Patel is pathetic.
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Trump’s incompetence has weakened the U.S. and has made us less safe. Your defense of Trump and Patel is pathetic.
Hohum....The US Policy Board echo chamber of hate Trump and Iran sympathizers is what is pathetic.
LM, enjoying my morning laugh with the board left tripping over one another wasting their time
posting the same hate Trump, love Iran c & p headlines.
I’m on my merry way now Alpha to enjoy the weekend while you defend hate Trump and love Iran posts.
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No. of Recommendations: 17
Betcha some of you here can relate to acting stupid during your collage days.
You mean our college days? Or days in art school?
Speaking for myself, I absolutely did many stupid things during my college days. And days before. And days since.
The problem is that after my career as a nutjob vlogger, and after I wrote children's books about being Donald Trump's massage-cream boy, when he appointed me Director of the FBI, I was still getting shitfaced on the reg, and that endangers the country. The Atlantic story is a story about how worried my co-workers and subordinates are about my alcoholism and my utter lack of self-control. Like when the whole world watched me chug an entire beer on TV. My $250 million self-own lawsuit against that deeply-researched story is another good example.
And if you think they "vetted" me before I was given this job, congrats—you're one of the few people out there more gullible than I am. I definitely appreciate your blind ignorant loyalty in the face of overwheming evidence, and I'm sure the big guy feels the same.
See you in Valhalla, l'il lurker!
No. of Recommendations: 9
Some Ignored Shrewd: Betcha some of you here can relate to acting stupid during your collage days.
Collage days. That's funny.
I have to say, I never did anything stupid in college. Never had a drink (of alcohol) and never used drugs. Had a lot of sex, though. My stupid days were my high school days when I still lived with an enormously dysfunctional family. Once I was away from them at college, I became remarkably smarter (or made much better decisions).
Have stepped away for a few days working on some projects (no, I didn't die). Hope to be back soon.
No. of Recommendations: 2
Around every autocratic despot, there exists a cadre of incompetent boobs, whose only purpose is to carry out the autocrats orders, without exception.
And when the inevitable happens, when things go south because laws are broken or the popularity of the regime takes a serious hit, it’s the duty of the loyal flunky to get fired, and to say, “Thank you, sir, may I have another.”
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And further down on the authoritarian’s totem pole is the unwashed sea of regime supporters.
Their job is to cheer the autocrat, and parrot every nonsensical claim that emerges from the autocrat’s mouth.
Greenland? Yes! We should own it!
Pardoning J6ers? Why of course! They’re heroes!
Cabinet nominations of incompetent fools? They’re disruptors, and……… Biden…..Obama!
One corrupt presidential scam after another???
This one’s a bit more complicated, because the first responses of the faithful didn’t work that well. There are only so many times that you can say “Hunter Biden” before people start laughing.
So now the strategy seems to be simply putting the evidence of graft and corruption on “ignore”.
Mum’s the word.
No. of Recommendations: 0
Have stepped away for a few days working on some projects (no, I didn't die). Hope to be back soon.
Happy to hear it. I was wondering how your prostate cancer treatment was going.
No. of Recommendations: 10
g0177325: I was wondering how your prostate cancer treatment was going.
So far, very well. On May 15, it'll be one year since my last round of chemotherapy. I am currently receiving three cancer treatments: one oral, twice daily; one injection, now every three months; and one infusion, also every three months (used to be monthly).
Currently, I am in 'biochemical remission,' which may last for several months or for many years (or until the medications stop working). Generally, I feel (mostly) great but am navigating treatment side effects which include insomnia, depression (which only became a problem when a woman who was important to me in high school died unexpectedly earlier this year), and weight gain, but no complaints. I feel lucky. I am doing what I can to stay lucky, including two to three hours of exercise a day, being careful about the foods I eat, and trying to remain positive. Thanks for asking.
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You’re an inspiration to all of us, commonone.
2-3 hours of exercise a day?
What sort of routines (or lack of routines) do you follow?
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I feel lucky. I am doing what I can to stay lucky, including two to three hours of exercise a day, being careful about the foods I eat, and trying to remain positive. Thanks for asking.
Good for you. Despite our differences I'm glad you're doing better.
No. of Recommendations: 3
Currently, I am in 'biochemical remission,' which may last for several months or for many years (or until the medications stop working). Generally, I feel (mostly) great...
Again, great to hear!
No. of Recommendations: 8
wzambon: What sort of routines (or lack of routines) do you follow?
Although it sounds counterintuitive, the more I exercise the less I feel tired or fatigued (another common side effect of cancer treatment). I understand that's true of most prostate cancer patients.
1. Before breakfast, a 30-minute jog.
2. After breakfast, a 1.5 mile walk with my wife, usually about 30 minutes (she is just getting back into an exercise routine beyond yoga).
3. Before lunch, 30-45 minutes of free weights, fixed routine, 5 sets of each exercise, 25 lb dumbbells (one in each hand). 50 bicep curls; 18-20 overhead presses; 18-20 deltoid raises, 18-20 tricep kickbacks; 18-20 reverse flys; 60 decline pushups.
4. Late afternoons, a three-mile walk with my daughter, mixed 2-minute fast walking, currently low-mid 16 minute miles. Target for summer is the 15 minute range.
5. Before dinner, about 20-30 minutes of chest, leg, and arm work on an old Fitness Pacific home gym.
6. Watching TV at night, 20 minutes of planks or modified sit ups.
I have mild OCD so stick to the routine for the most part. I should also mention that the cancer treatments, without serious weight work, turns muscles into jelly pretty fast.
No. of Recommendations: 3
Dope1: Good for you. Despite our differences I'm glad you're doing better.
Thanks, that's very kind of you.
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I am doing what I can to stay lucky, including two to three hours of exercise a day, being careful about the foods I eat, and trying to remain positive. Thanks for asking.
Keep it up. I know you will. My sister let herself become bedridden, had foot drop, and never came back.
