2026-05-12T22:21:47.976Z / 路透社
作者：安德鲁·古兹沃德
2026年5月12日 晚上10:21 UTC | 更新于45分钟前
内容概要
- 联邦调查局局长帕特尔否认《大西洋月刊》的报道
- 民主党议员指责帕特尔破坏国家安全
- 帕特尔就联邦调查局拟议预算出席参议院听证会
华盛顿，5月12日（路透社）—— 民主党议员于周二就一篇媒体报道质询联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔，该报道称帕特尔多次酗酒影响其领导美国顶级执法机构的履职能力，帕特尔对此作出愤怒回应。
在参议院预算委员会的听证会上，帕特尔为自己领导联邦调查局的表现进行辩护，反驳民主党议员的指控——他们称帕特尔包括被报道的酗酒行为在内的相关举动破坏了国家安全，并体现出判断力低下。
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这是帕特尔自米兰冬奥会期间举办啤酒庆祝活动、以及《大西洋月刊》一篇文章曝光后首次出席国会听证会，这两起事件引发了外界对其任职期间的新一轮审视，听证会期间两起事件均被提及。
帕特尔在听证会上为特朗普政府提出的2027财年联邦调查局125亿美元预算提案作证并为自己的工作表现辩护，称过去一年暴力犯罪率有所下降，而联邦调查局的逮捕人数有所增加。
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马里兰州民主党参议员克里斯·范·霍伦就《大西洋月刊》的报道向帕特尔提出质询，该报道详细披露了帕特尔任职期间存在“明显醉酒和无故缺勤”的情况，令联邦调查局和司法部官员感到担忧。帕特尔已就该文章起诉《大西洋月刊》及其记者，指控他们诽谤。该杂志表示会坚持其报道内容。
“如果报道属实，这表明你严重失职，背叛了公众信任，”范·霍伦在听证会开场时说道。
由唐纳德·特朗普总统提名出任该职位的帕特尔否认了报道中的内容，称其“完全是一场闹剧”。
随后他指责范·霍伦“用纳税人的钱在萨尔瓦多喝玛格丽特酒”，这影射了范·霍伦去年前往萨尔瓦多探望基尔马尔·阿布雷戈的行程，阿布雷戈是一名来自马里兰州的萨尔瓦多移民，因特朗普政府错误驱逐而在萨尔瓦多入狱。
范·霍伦回应称帕特尔的说法“被证明是虚假的”。此次行程的照片显示范·霍伦和阿布雷戈身旁的桌上放着鸡尾酒杯，但范·霍伦后来表示，这些杯子是萨尔瓦多政府官员故意摆放的，目的是破坏此次会面的可信度。
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Democratic lawmakers grill FBI’s Kash Patel over report alleging excessive drinking
2026-05-12T22:21:47.976Z / Reuters
By Andrew Goudsward
May 12, 2026 10:21 PM UTC Updated 45 mins ago
Summary
- FBI Director Patel denies the Atlantic report
- Democrats accuse Patel of undermining national security
- Patel appeared before Senate panel on proposed budget
WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday pressed FBI Director Kash Patel over a media report that episodes of excessive drinking interfered with his ability to lead the premier U.S. law enforcement agency, drawing an angry response from Patel.
At a hearing before a Senate budget panel, Patel defended his leadership of the FBI against Democratic accusations that his conduct, including the reported drinking, had undermined national security and demonstrated poor judgment.
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It was Patel’s first appearance before Congress since his beer-drinking celebration at the Milan Winter Olympics and the publication of an article in the Atlantic magazine drew renewed scrutiny to his tenure. Both matters were raised in the hearing.
Patel testified in support of the Trump administration’s proposed $12.5 billion 2027 budget for the FBI and defended his performance, saying violent crime had fallen over the past year while FBI arrests had increased.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland, questioned Patel about the Atlantic report, which detailed instances of “conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences” during his tenure that had alarmed officials at the FBI and the Justice Department. Patel has sued the Atlantic and its reporter over the article, accusing them of defamation. The magazine has said it stands behind its reporting.
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“If true, they demonstrate a gross dereliction of your duty and a betrayal of public trust,” Van Hollen said at the start of the hearing.
Patel, who was nominated to the post by President Donald Trump, denied what was reported in the article, calling it a “total farce.”
He then accused Van Hollen of “slinging margaritas in El Salvador on the taxpayer dollar,” a reference to the senator’s trip last year to visit Kilmar Abrego, a Salvadoran migrant from Maryland who was imprisoned in El Salvador following wrongful deportation by the Trump administration.
Van Hollen responded that Patel’s statement was “provably false.” Photos of the trip showed Van Hollen and Abrego with cocktail glasses on a table, but Van Hollen later said the glasses were placed there by Salvadoran government officials to undermine the credibility of the meeting.
Reporting by Andrew Goudsward; Editing by Edmund Klamann
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