Newsom Torches Keystone Kash With Drunken ‘Night Out’ Reveal

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has mocked Kash Patel after the FBI director was accused of alienating top officials with excessive drinking in a bombshell new report.

“JUST SEEN: KASH’S NIGHT OUT!” Newsom, 58, https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/2045357147840754079?s=20" rel="" target="_self" title="https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/2045357147840754079?s=20">posted on X on Saturday, attaching a short AI-generated video of Patel, 46, being escorted by two security guards as he stumbles about in an apparently drunken state.

Newsom’s post came as Patel vowed to sue over a Friday report in https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/?gift=AwR_TGzSRSLueG5W7xh0RZVYbh91SOCJS6Cdpdg1IOE" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/?gift=AwR_TGzSRSLueG5W7xh0RZVYbh91SOCJS6Cdpdg1IOE">The Atlantic alleging that more than two dozen people familiar with the FBI director’s conduct have described his tenure as marked by https://www.thedailybeast.com/keystone-kash-patels-endless-wild-booze-binges-spilled-by-top-officials/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keystone-kash-patels-endless-wild-booze-binges-spilled-by-top-officials/">excessive drinking, erratic behavior, and unexplained absences.

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