FBI Director Gets In Shouting Match With Reporter, Denies Drinking On The Job

In Kash Patel’s first presser since “The Atlantic” published its story alleging the FBI Director has “bouts of excessive drinking” and several unexplained absences, things got heated pretty quickly. Patel got into a fiery exchange with an NBC reporter over allegations he panicked, believing he was fired when he couldn’t access his government computer. It was an intense back and forth that eventually led to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche interrupting the exchange to tell the reporter he was “extraordinarily rude.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.