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Kash Patel Denies Lying and Excessive Drinking in Heated Exchanges With Democrats

NY Times · May 12, 2026, 11:15 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

The remarks, at a hearing ostensibly about the coming budget for law enforcement agencies, veered from sedate exchanges about operational matters to ugly personal confrontations.

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