Colbert Hits FBI Director for Getting ‘Battering Ram Drunk’
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Stephen Colbert had a field day with embattled FBI director Kash Patel’s “tough weekend.”
On Monday night, the late-night host quoted from an explosive https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/">Atlantic report about Patel’s alleged “excessive” drinking problem and “erratic behavior.”
“Apparently, ‘he is known to drink to the point of obvious intoxication,’ and it’s so bad that ‘meetings and briefings have had to be rescheduled for later in the day as a result of his alcohol-fueled nights,’” Colbert said, reporting from the publication’s piece.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/colbert-hits-kash-patel-for-getting-battering-ram-drunk/">Read more at The Daily Beast.
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