Kash Patel VS Sen. Chris Van Hollen: Drinking on Camera at Olympics Was A COVERT OPERATION!

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]Drinking on the job. I love it, but see, when you're in a position of power, you can't be drinking on the job. Mr. Patel, what do you got to say for yourself, allegedly? I just I have to ask you one last question. Um you attended the Olympics in Milan.

[00:00:15]How much did your trip cost and to what extent did that help you carry out your mission as director of the FBI? I greatly appreciate the question, Senator. As you know, the FBI and DHS are responsible for the security of the Olympics, the World Cup, the F- on the Super Bowl and everything else. We had 250,000 Americans travel to Milan. We're proud that we set up our JOC there and had zero major security incidents involving American citizens. And what we did was we purposely planned that trip around the Olympics because, as I mentioned, the top cyber criminal from the CCP was housed in Italian custody.

[00:00:51]While there, we were able to work an agreement and arrangement to have that individual expelled from Italy instead of going back to China like has so often happened in places like Serbia. And so, we accomplished that mission and we kept it quiet and that individual was returned to America 2 weeks ago. Okay, hold on. I just I want to understand what was just said right there, okay?

[00:01:11]Okay?

[00:01:12]Just want to have you to understand this.

[00:01:16]Kash Patel, crazy funny man Patel, who will see you in Valhalla, who was caught online, well, I call it online, but basically everyone reported on it, of him jumping up for joy and drinking with the Olympic team, all right, the US Olympic hockey team, uh is now saying, "Oh, THAT WAS ALL SECRET, TOP SECRET, covert operation. We're doing secret smooth, slow smooth, smooth as fast operations."

[00:01:46]Bull and fill in THE REST. YOU'RE TELLING me that all that was just a quick plan and trip to do to what? Get get some guy from the CCP, you know me, a top cyber criminal.

[00:01:57]Okay, the but the trip happened to align with the games.

[00:02:01]Right. Oh, oh no, sweetie. I wasn't at the strip club for to enjoy to enjoy the dancers. I was there for a a sleek business operation and I didn't pay attention to any ladies twerking on stage. Like get out of here.

[00:02:15]First first all I hear now when I hear him talk is I hear Mike McCray doing his impression on Jimmy Dore Show >> [laughter] >> when he does the phone calls. Like I can't even take him seriously anymore.

[00:02:26]And um You know what's a really normal thing to have an opportunity to go to the Olympics and take it.

[00:02:34]This story would be long gone if he was just like I had an opportunity to watch the Olympics and have a few drinks and I took it and I had a great time. Go USA.

[00:02:44]And this would have never been a It's the backpedaling and the lying and the doubling down and the lies get bigger and before you know it it's going to be like you know, and then this raccoon came in here and the raccoon made me stay and we couldn't get It's just going to be like It's just getting more and more ridiculous as this as this story evolves and it would have been totally fine I think with most people if he was just like I had an opportunity to go watch the Olympics and have a few beers. Who wouldn't take that? Exactly. But see that was done by US taxpayer money, okay? So that was going on. And just just just so you guys know, I mean remember Kash Patel has had the FBI FBI open up. Let me just remind you guys that this is what happened on that day.

[00:03:29]So this this I mean unless unless they caught the guy and did some other things, this doesn't look like a covert operation.

[00:03:42]Oh, I got to mute cuz it's copyright music, but there you go.

[00:03:45]There it is. Woo!

[00:03:47]And he get get the gold medal. What he do?

[00:03:51]What he do? Even See, here's the thing.

[00:03:53]He got the Someone put the gold medal on him.

[00:03:56]See, even Salt Bae, when he was acting all cringe at that one soccer game trying to hold the championship, even he wasn't this bad. This This This I think is worse than Salt Bae.

[00:04:06]>> [laughter] >> If you don't know what I'm referencing, it's just like like there was a guy known as Salt Bae who was doing all sorts of stupid stuff.

[00:04:15]Anyways.

[00:04:19]Yeah, look at this. So So So you're So you're telling me you're telling me that this is all part of a covert operation.

[00:04:24]If Again, I don't think I'd be as mad Yeah, I'd be as mad that again taxpayer money was used so that Kash Patel could you know, hang out with the hockey team.

[00:04:34]But would you be would are you going to be mad about, you know, $20 being wasted or billions of dollars being wasted on war? Yeah, but you know, it's like Yeah, exactly. Exactly. But I'll But I'll tell you why cuz again people are calling into account his uh full-on uh you know, actions as head of the FBI.

[00:04:52]And in turn uh there was a little bit more of this hearing. So I want to play it for for you guys here. So hold on.

[00:04:57]Little bit more of that. Just want to share with all you people. And so there'd been no occasions when your security detail had difficulty waking or locating you. Is that right?

[00:05:06]No, it's a total farce. I don't even know where you get this stuff, but it doesn't make it credible because you say so. I'm not saying that uh Director Patel I I it's been written and documented You are literally saying it.

[00:05:16]No, I'm saying that these are reports uh Director Patel. Unlike Unlike your fake I was saying reports >> The only person that was slinging margaritas in El Salvador on the taxpayer dollar with a convicted gangbanging racist was you. You know, the The only person that ran [laughter] up a Director Patel dollar bar tab in Washington D.C. at the lobbyist was you. You suggest that The only person in this room that was drinking on the taxpayer dime during the game All of Congress are alcoholics, allegedly. Allegedly. Let's have a drinking game, allegedly.

[00:05:47]>> [laughter] >> Director Patel, come on. These are serious allegations that were made against you. Yeah, allegations are false. You drinking margaritas with I actually threw it on you. You're supposed to show you You got a $7,000 bar tab at the lobby bar. has been fired by your own office.

[00:06:03]>> to show during the day. That's you. This is the ultimate example of hypocrisy.

[00:06:08]>> Mr. Chairman, I will not be tarnished by baseless allegations and constant statements to the media.

[00:06:14]So, again, again, there's allegations, allegedly, where, again, look, I know Kash Patel has been trying to defend himself, as everyone should, right? But some of these allegations state that he's drinking on the job or was found drunk or trying to wake him up, which is is not a really a good thing, you know, for the someone that who's ahead of the FBI to be found doing. Facts that you mentioned that indicates you don't know what you are talking about. Now, here, Director >> I know is you're the one drinking margaritas with the Actually, that's a false statement, and I'm asking you about your statements. I've answered that. And I'm asking you about a particular report. And it's not a report It's So, let me ask you this. Um are you willing to take the the the test that it's it's called the audit test that members of our active duty military and others take to determine whether they have a drinking problem? I'll take any test you're willing to take.

[00:07:14]>> I will take it. Director Patel, I'll take it. Ready to take it. Let's go. Yes or no? Let's go. Side by side. I'll take it.

[00:07:22]All right. All right. Try Not trial by combat, but trial by lie detector. I think that the fact that you're so Have you Have you ordered polygraph tests of members of your team to determine how that story came about?

[00:07:38]The FBI can do polygraph tests all the time.

[00:07:40]>> No, have you Have you ordered polygraph tests for members of your team to determine who is the source of the stories that I'm asking you about?

[00:07:50]>> I don't order any polygraph tests.

[00:07:51]There's an internal inspection review process for any and all leaks, especially baseless information at the FBI, that's been in place for the last 30 years. Those processes are followed by career intelligence and Okay.

[00:08:06]All right. Well, there you go. There you go. There you go.

[00:08:10]Uh Nick That's my friend. Want to do a polygraph test?

[00:08:15]>> [laughter] >> Uh you know, it's uh to me it's it's theater and I'm with you like I spending the tax dollars and stuff, but to me this is just more theater and it's taking away from things that really matter and Kash Patel is a buffoon. I don't even know how else to put it. He feels like just a bibbling, lying buffoon. Yeah, of course. He He But he's he's the greatest of of of of many FBI directors. I mean, you know, we we when you when you expect someone who's in charge of the FBI, you know, you you would expect them to have like a little bit more, you know, themselves being a little bit more put together to be dead set and ready to, you know, maybe go after the bad guys.

[00:09:01]And the Epstein files is a prime example of going after the bad guys. But no.

[00:09:08]No, we're instead what we're seeing from the guy is uh him um not not doing anything.

[00:09:18]So, okay. And now he's being called out and before Congress about his actions on the job. You know, drinking, you know, or allegedly allegedly being caught This You don't really handle that well. But anyways, just want want to throw it out there, folks. But there it is. Head of the FBI back-and-forth argument.

[00:09:38]on. the hard work. Doing the hard work.

[00:09:42]Doing the hard work indeed. And it's it's just hilarious. So, forget trial by combat, and forget even trial by lie detector.

[00:09:50]Forget trial. Yeah. There's no trials.

[00:09:53]Yeah. You know what we do? A drinking competition, all right? Allegedly.

[00:09:58]Allegedly. Allegedly. Kit, you're killing your audience. Allegedly.

[00:10:02]Allegedly I am. Allegedly.

[00:10:05]>> [laughter]