MS NOW host Jen Psaki revealed that FBI Director Kash Patel wasn't shy about his drinking in the past — before he was the agency's top leader — sharing a video highlighting multiple moments where he openly talked about it.
Patel, who testified in a hearing on Tuesday before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington, D.C., faced questions about allegations of heavy alcohol use following reports of misconduct and footage of him chugging and spraying beer in the locker room at the Olympics with the U.S. Men's Hockey team after they won the gold medal in Milan, Italy.
"Patel has spent a lot of time and energy denying these specific stories about his alleged drinking," Psaki said. "But we already know a good deal about his drinking habits from public accounts and things he said publicly."
In one of the clips, Patel told MAGA influencer Benny Johnson that he predicted people would talk about his drinking.
"Can I be the first one to say that if I ever go before a Senate confirmation they're going to call me an alcoholic," Patel said, wearing a MAGA hat and cracking open a beer during an episode of "The Benny Show."
Psaki reacted to the video.
"His words, not my words," she said. "I mean the guy had enough foresight to joke that he might one day face questions about his drinking. But now that he's in a big, important government job, he's very clearly outraged by those very questions from the Senate."
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