FBI’s Kash Patel denies excess drinking amid officials’ US security concerns

The FBI director, Kash Patel, is denying allegations detailed in a new report that he drinks to excess and has been unreachable at times during his tenure in office.

Patel threatened to sue the Atlantic over the story published on Friday, which detailed his alleged heavy drinking and how members of his security detail have on multiple occasions had difficulty waking him.

It also stated that Patel is concerned he might soon be fired, according to current and former government officials.

Patel told the Atlantic: “Print it, all false, I’ll see you in court – bring your checkbook.”

The allegations, attributed to two dozen