{"id":6219,"date":"2026-04-22T09:35:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/fbi-chief-denies-allegations-of-drinking-and-negligence\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:35:21","slug":"fbi-chief-denies-allegations-of-drinking-and-negligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/fbi-chief-denies-allegations-of-drinking-and-negligence\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI chief denies allegations of drinking and negligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><main id=\"main-content-area\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Main content area\"><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"vertical-video-thumbnail\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-21T223632Z_57949076_RC2XTKAC4SBD_RTRMADP_3_USA-SOUTHERN-POVERTY-BLANCHE-1776833687.jpg?resize=730%2C410&#038;quality=80\"   alt=\"Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel speaks as Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche stands by his side during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 21, 2026.\"><\/p>\n<p>FBI chief denies allegations of drinking and negligence<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class>\n<header><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/\"><span>NewsFeed<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/header>\n<p>FBI Director Kash Patel denied he was ever \u2018intoxicated on the job\u2019 or absent from duty following a report published in The Atlantic. He\u2019s filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against the magazine for its report alleging his behaviour posed risks to US security.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Published On 22 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI chief denies allegations of drinking and negligence NewsFeed FBI Director Kash Patel denied he was ever \u2018intoxicated on the job\u2019 or absent from duty following a report published in The Atlantic. He\u2019s filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against the magazine for its report alleging his behaviour posed risks to US security. Published On &#8230; <a title=\"FBI chief denies allegations of drinking and negligence\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/fbi-chief-denies-allegations-of-drinking-and-negligence\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about FBI chief denies allegations of drinking and negligence\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}