FBI Director Kash Patel defends leadership at contentious hearing
NEW: Big surprise: all those arrest numbers Kash Patel rattles off when confronted with his nasty drinking habits, or using taxpayer dollars on his girlfriend, or polygraphing agents over missing bourbon - those arrest numbers are all bullshit. 1/ www.ms.now/news/fbi-ins...
Mueller, She Wrote667For example, the number of arrests he brags about include ICE arrests because sometimes FBI agents are on loan to the agency. When he brags about capturing "top ten most wanted" criminals - he's been adding already or about-to-be captured people to the list. It's all lies. END/
K-Town Dee26They Just Lie The messaging from this administration is all lies, ALL of it.
kenofseattle24Never believe a word that comes out of this administration.
Beverly16Anyone who believes anything coming from the mouths of the regime is crazy. I don’t trust a damn thing any of them say at this point which is a hell of a note. 🖕🏛️🖕
Glenn15Funny he can’t hide his lying eyes, there ain’t no way.
grammymae.bsky.social14GAWD THEY PAD JOBS NUMBERS THEY PAD THE HORRID ECONOMY THEY PAD ANY REQUESTS FOR INFORMATIN, IT SEEMS JUST TO GET THROUGH A HEARING OR PRESSER MAD KING BULLSHITICUS IS FAILING
Nancy Ann ❌👑 👍🏻🐸10Of course he is. He’s nothing more than an inept podcaster.
Ted Bateman7So many of Trump’s cabinet members/directors, the ones who are not already billionaires, took control and went cray cray with spending on government dime; using staff as servants, living in government housing, private travel, expensing everything. On and on. The arrogance. And ignorance. Why?
velcrolove.bsky.social7He lied to Congress. Well, Congress *taps foot* we're waiting.
falalala50.bsky.social6Love Carol Leonnig…what a fantastic reporter!
bob-fisher.bsky.social6Arrests are to prosecute people who have committed actual crimes. Has nothing to do with quotas or scorecards. It's completely idiotic to use the "number of arrests" as a key performance indicator.
☮☮😸😸☮☮6He is a graduate of MSU ( Making Stuff Up)
Luckiiyu🍀🍀🍀5Huh 🤔 another lying Trump ass kisser~ go figure!
They Call Me Gary5🤔 Dam lie and statistics, They Fudge all the numbers in All our institutions now. Nothing this administration is involved with can be trusted, NOTHING!
gskca.bsky.social4Not surprised. Thanks for posting this. I was sure the numbers were bullshit, glad to have someone dig into it to fact-check it and confirm.
Sharon 🫶🏻💙🦋🍿🐸🚫👑4Absolutely he’s padding them. I heard the keep re arresting people they have let go too 🙄🤪🤪
tomwellborn3rd4Thank you, state-based law enforcement agencies.
VernBob3I recall the Border Control numbers were inflated because they counted ENCOUNTERS as arrests. Even if immigrants were spotted on the other side of the river they counted that encounter in their migrants deterred/arrested numbers. 😠
Ryan Statz3It was already painfully obvious that the numbers he read out were bullshit.
OldCoastie3They can't do anything without cheating.
KR3I also think that him being buddies with a Ponzi scammer should be bigger news... www.youtube.com/watch?v=04FR...
Sarcasmo Ultra BLAM!3"I have the right to remain shitfaced. Anything I burp can be used against you in a court of law. If you cannot afford a bartab, none will be provided to you."
Not Leon Tusk3They probably should assign him to Federal Bureau of Intoxication
Ralivan2Did anyone ask him if he had that printed at Kinko's right before the hearing?
Beverly Mann2Yeah; gambling at Rick's Cafe.
Fuzzy Soft2Figured it out as he was rattling off because NOTHING they say is based on actual evidence.
The Best Words2You don’t mean to say he lied to Congress?!? That would be a crime.
rhonnie-72.bsky.social2No big surprise. This Regime is just a house of lies with as much permanence & substance as a house of cards in a hurricane.
Alison2I just assume if Patel is talking everything he says is bullshit. And my assumption always seems to be accurate.
Sister of Wendy #AbolishICE 🐸2Kash Patel was nothing more than a liar, a chaos agent & propagandist until Trump put that drunken a-hole in charge of the FBI.
Kash Patel looked senators in the eye today and said, under oath, that the FBI is “targeting and investigating no journalists.” Let’s check that against reality, shall we?
Alt National Park Service237Sarah Fitzpatrick, The Atlantic wrote about Patel’s drinking and erratic behavior. The FBI launched a criminal leak investigation into her. No classified info involved. Just bad press about the boss.
🕊GIVE PEACE A CHANCE🕊23All the Journalists you named are actually women. Do you think there's a pattern here?
Doug Adair18Lock him up! Seriously, retaking at least the House in the midterms makes securing evidence of contempt of Congress (and everything else) possible.
Suzanne Lynn14Lying to Congress is against the law
BrokenPromiseland13"I'll take Perjury for 1000, please?"
Lachrymalis11Oh look. Only women journalists. Isn't that odd. NOT.
Michael Little10They all lie like dear leader knowing there will be no consequences or a forthcoming pardon.
CLE9Jail for lying under oath. Would do Ka$h Patel some good.
katt_goddess6He's attempting to play semantics & failing. If they are constantly referred to as 'the enemy of the people', then they totally aren't 'journalists'. They are 'enemies'. Sort of like how he's not 'drunk', just 'socially lubricated'.
brain-bicycle.bsky.social6Likely looked a couple senators in the eye at the same time
Kuhlcat ❌️👑🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️🌈5None of this came up in the hearing? Did Senate staff not do their homework? Is Patel playing with the tense of his words??
itsnotathing.bsky.social4Kash needs to be charged with lying to congress.
fedup-58.bsky.social4Theres a case for lying to Congress
StuffbyStef🐚🌊🪸✍🏻🌈🚫👑4Anyone ask him his definition of “journalists”? “We aren’t going after journalists, because to us they don’t exist. They’re called reporters, and yes, it’s open season. On all of you.”
Data4Miles3One thing you can count on with the Trump Administration. They always lie.
J9 Artist3He’s a liar they all are that love Trump hell they lie to themselves the mo fo’s
Rising Sun NorCal Man3It’s the administration’s motto. Liar liar liar 🤥
duddyp.bsky.social3Under oath is meaningless to a pardon-protected liar.
Robin McCulloch3I literally don’t believe a word he says. Bullshit personified.
Cory T3His boss has empowered lying. Accountability for it is gone. Facts are just subjective opinions nowadays.
C.Holland3In his defense, he doesnt actually know what the FBI does, or even what the letters stand for. They likely haven’t told him where his parking space is and just hope he continues to drive aimlessly around the lot for the next several years.
Louleo2I don't think he really ever looks anyone in the eye
Kash Patel fails to answer Chris Van Hollen twice when asked if he knows it's illegal to lie to Congress:
Lyman28Nothing worse and more stupid than a person who can’t admit their mistakes. Patel is literally an ignorant asshole.
jessrbolenjr25One of the most disgusting features of Donald and his gang: the contempt they show to the American people, by disrespecting our institutions and those elected as our reps.
Jon Rademacher20The fidgeting that he is doing with his binder and microphone and paying attention to everything except the person speaking isn't only disrespect. He is physically displaying his nervousness. He controls his responses to a very poorly planned strategy, but his actions betray him.
Andrew13Dems fall into this trap every time. This isn’t hard. The regime show up with a burn book so the propaganda machine can use it as fodder. It shows Dems can’t deal with manipulators. You know what would be more useful? Literally saying “I yield my team until someone worth it sits in that chair.”
Mike LePard11Such a petulant little man.
California GG11Patel looks like an angry hungover guy.
🌸🌸PobOdy’S NeRfEcT🌸🌸5Why does he always try to look like he’s such a busy little bee??? You’re there to answer questions moron!!! Ugh. I hate this guy so much. He IS a disgrace.
youvotedforthis2.bsky.social4They all assume Trump will pardon them so lying is "standard operating procedure" of this administration.
scrumdily.bsky.social4They should make it so Yes/No questions must be answered with a button. It's yes or fucking no, not a single word otherwise.
Colin Jacobson3I love how K$H thinks that adjusting everything on the table somehow makes him look like he’s too cool for school. Instead of looking like a complete moron.
Moodyblues19733What’s going to happen? Nothing. He knows it.
Ringo Burns2Congress should have fines for such behavior. Pro sports does.
onk21.bsky.social2They should have charged him with contempt of congress and had him removed by force if necessary
Jail Trump2Doesn't fucking MATTER if he knows.
cynfo21.bsky.social2When, not if when 47 tenure is over, all the people performing for him and lying for him will suffer the consequences. Just ask Michael Cohen, Rudy Guiliana...the list goes on. He uses people and throws them away when he has no more use for them. What do people not get?
permotown.bsky.social2Busy hands. No eye contact. Sociopath.
Ballard-Mike 🔥🇺🇸🔥 "Regional ANTIFA Strategist"2the FIDGETING tells a LOT about his state of mind. #KashBAR
Yesterday, FBI Director Kash Patel told me he'd take Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test if I did. Well, here's mine. Given all the lies he told yesterday, I imagine he'll fudge the numbers here, but let's see yours, Director Patel.
Packer Jax15But at least this makes him go on a record that sources can easily disprove. Well done
Michael Buckle, Ph.D.9I get it, but we must not waste any more time with these silly games. The man is not fit for his position. Get him out.
Jim [REDACTED]7Respectfully, Senator, this is performative bullshit. Self-assessment "tests" don't test for anything but one's willingness to disclose the truth. I'm sure you're being honest, but he can just copy your answers. Breathalyze the little bastard. Haul him in for a marathon hearing and test him hourly
Jennifer7Thank you Senator, but I am surprised that these cabinet people aren't required to pass drug/alcohol tests before they are even recommended for conformations. When the Democrats take over, I want all the pedo-racist-drug addicted maga morons gone! TY.
Tray4Get that lying POS, Senator!
Carol Glasgow4Even if he does it, he will lie. Why waste the time? He's pathetic
Dave Sanders4If minimum mage workers have to get mandatory drug tests in many professions, then I think elected and appointed politicians should also have to pee in a cup. Lets see Patel's drug screen.
Moi c’est Glenn2The first question should be: Do you have bottles of whiskey with your name on them but don’t own a distillery? Question 2 - how many bottles did you originally have and when did you get them? Question 3 - how many bottles do you have now?
Gooder Thinker2KASH PATEL has been getting a lot of bad publicity lately. Let me say something good about him. Under his stellar leadership, the FBI has arrested 100% of the criminals who turn themselves in and confess.
Lizzie_in_CA2Excellent response. Now someone needs to do this with the Montreal dementia test TFG keeps bragging about.
Kash Patel told America the FBI is investigating no journalists. They’re criminally investigating the one who exposed HIS alcohol abuse. He lied. To your face. While the bureau he runs targets his personal enemies.
jackiefromtexas8Let me guess. He lied and he's not going to receive any type of punishment. He looks like he's just putting up with the questions that no one should be asking him because, as far as he's concerned, what he does on the job is nobody's business so quit bothering him. He sucks but he's still there.
Moodyblues19736He’s confident there will be no repercussions. Not scotus or DOJ. This DOJ applauds lies and corruption.
erickbt.bsky.social2Thanks to Merrick Garland with the help of scotus, Trumps minions are emboldened to commit crimes. Pardons for everyone
Reup: Kash Patel has lied to Congress over & over: On his plans to weaponize DOJ, on Epstein, on his grand jury testimony. But the lies he told yesterday abt Kilmar Abrego are different (& not just bc there's an order prohibiting extrajudicial statements abt him). emptywheel.net/2026/05/13/t...
Chris⚖️Justice6These chronic liars have a severe problem. Often telling obvious lies, or expressing delusions. Patel's perjury was also exposed in the Colorado case ('23/24)
brian pillion3Amongst the many prolific liars of this administration, Patel's come across as perhaps uniquely pathological.
Maryland Poppa2I do wish these Congress-folk would be a bit more on their toes and informed. There's no reason Van Hollen, a capable person, couldn't have noted that if Kash is lying about this, how can we trust him on anything - as FBI Director! Many missed broad-scope/forest kinda things in these hearings
emmemmoh.bsky.social2@emptywheel.bsky.social I watched this, & i hate Patel, but Van Hollen just seemed so ineffectual against this degeneracy. They just spew bullshit for hours & the Dems seem to weak & ineffective. What can be done about how the public perceives this hubris Patel, Bondi, etc have?
Invictus Ghost2So who's going to enforce that ORDER. No one. So there is no law.
It's not like Kash Patel was ever shy about talking about his drinking habits before he was the FBI director.
LunaLuvgood202011Wow, Ka$h and Kegsbreath, no wonder Iran was Operation Epic Failure
Trump's Blood Clot8They need to play each of these clips on the Senate floor, and only ask Patel, "is this you in the video?" And then firmly declare that he is unfit for the job and cannot be trusted. Don't let him get in a word otherwise.
tripeee.bsky.social4Sober 40 years. These guys claiming no probs with alcohol are either dry drunks or suffering from lack of enough alcohol to dull the pain of their jobs they are unqualified for! Both not good.
Anna B.2Yeah, someone who can guzzle from a bottle pointed straight up has had some practice.
Brent Harmon2Why do you think people call him J Edgar Boozer
Gooder Thinker2KASH PATEL has been getting a lot of bad publicity lately. Let me say something good about him. Under his stellar leadership, the FBI has arrested 100% of the criminals who turn themselves in and confess.
@SuzanaD32He was fine with his bottled bourbon
Kash Patel reportedly built an FBI “payback squad” to go after Trump’s political enemies. That’s not law enforcement that’s authoritarianism with badges. This isn’t law enforcement. It’s a retribution machine. #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/A5BrebxpGSRy...
EmmyEm 🇺🇸+🇬🇧💙5This asshole clearly has napoleon syndrome and is still suffering from being a complete loser in high school and beyond.
Arch Stanton 18624and for kash and those participating fbi agents, hopefully, a long, long stay in federal lock-up
contrails —— ✈️2The squad should be removed from all law enforcement and investigative positions for the remainder of their existence.
Retired an LOVIN it 🍁 🍁 🍁2When this is all over, and it will end at some point, the republican party should not exist. In fact it might be symbolic to tear down the white house and build something representing a new reform. or maybe paint the white house Russian red and the new "white house" in rainbow colours.
“The FBI director gets no vacation...you’re on all the time. And so, I could never be intoxicated.” James Comey on reports of Kash Patel drinking on the job and agents being unable to reach him, and recalling the time agents stormed his room when an emergency button was triggered.
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Democratic Free Press2Trump is after Comey because he wouldn't drop Russia Russia Russia case against Trump treason
Andrew2Did you remind him of that time he helped throw the election to donald trump and ruined the country?
H. Alan (not a doctor) Kantrud2I don’t judge someone who chooses to spend their time, off-job, the way they like. Including getting loaded, or whatever; but when you have the Director of the FBI job: I do expect a comittment to sobriety. Full stop. If you can’t commit to that: then maybe it’s not your job to take? C’mon, man.😐
