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Kash Patel's Benders, Trump's $10 Billion Grift, and Iran's Big Lie
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20:20Now PlayingKash Patel's Benders, Trump's $10 Billion Grift, and Iran's Big Lie
FBI Director Kash Patel is at the center of a stunning report from the Atlantic, with more than two dozen sources describing a pattern of excessive drinking, unexplained absences, and erratic behavior that senior officials at the FBI and DOJ are calling a national security vulnerability. Patel has been known to drink to the point of obvious intoxication at private clubs in Washington DC and Las Vegas, and on multiple occasions his own security detail had difficulty waking him. Breaching equipment normally used by SWAT teams was reportedly requested just to gain entry to his location. The question being asked inside the Bureau is no longer if Patel gets fired, but when.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump, in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis hammering everyday Americans at the gas pump, the grocery store, and the housing market, is negotiating a $10 billion settlement with his own executive branch over leaked tax returns. Combined with the $10 billion board of peace payment, Trump stands to personally pocket $20 billion in taxpayer money during his second term alone. Democratic lawmakers have introduced the Ban Presidential Plunder of Taxpayer Funds Act in response.
And on the Iran front, Trump posted in all caps that Iran had agreed to all terms and the Strait of Hormuz was open, sending markets soaring. Iran's top negotiator called every claim false, and within hours the strait appeared closed again, just as Israel resumed air strikes inside Lebanon days after Trump announced a ceasefire there.
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