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CatWoman

(80,335 posts) Wed May 13, 2026, 03:08 PM May 13

Patel posts Van Hollen campaign's $7,000 bar tab after barbed Senate testimony

FBI Director Kash Patel posted a Federal Election Commission form showing Sen. Chris Van Hollen's (D-MD) Senate campaign spent over $7,000 at a Washington, D.C., bar following a stormy budget hearing on Tuesday.

The Maryland Democrat was asking Patel whether he knew lying to Congress was a crime, to which the FBI director denied doing so and added, "Maybe the next time you run up a $7,000 bar tab, we can talk about it." Van Hollen countered that public money wasn't used, contrary to what he said Patel had claimed.

Patel later posted a photo of the FEC file, which showed Van Hollen's Senate campaign spent over $7,128 at the Lobby Bar in Washington, D.C. Van Hollen said during the hearing Tuesday that it was for a "50-member staff party."

Van Hollen had pressed Patel during the hearing over allegations involving excessive drinking and claims that FBI personnel had difficulty reaching him.

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Patel posts Van Hollen campaign's $7,000 bar tab after barbed Senate testimony (Original Post) CatWoman May 13 OP

Cheap Shot snowybirdie May 13 #1

Oh puh-lease. tanyev May 13 #2

That's actually not bad mcar May 13 #3

yep CatWoman May 13 #5

Yep mcar May 13 #7

Oh SNAP! sheshe2 May 13 #14

The cult will only think of one................. Lovie777 May 13 #8

Let's see Ka$hMoney's tabs from the Poodle Room and Ned's. BamaRefugee May 13 #4

Van Hollen posted malaise May 13 #6

LOL!!!!! CatWoman May 13 #9

I did laugh when I heard that 😀 malaise May 13 #11

Oh, please... ultralite001 May 13 #16

Have to question if that's a legitimate use of FBI resources. bucolic_frolic May 13 #10

2 weeks ago lapfog_1 May 13 #12

OK. Except Van Hollen isn't head of the FBI. Yep...double standards. nt allegorical oracle May 13 #13

Was Patel drunk? Not the flex he thought he was flexing lol MerryBlooms May 13 #15

How much did this fuck's Olympic trip cost? purr-rat beauty May 13 #17

and may I please say FAWK HIM AND THE ADMINISTRATION HE's INVOLVED WITH!!!!! a kennedy May 13 #18

snowybirdie

(6,751 posts)

1. Cheap Shot

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 03:12 PM

May 13

These Trumpers are so predictable

tanyev

(49,692 posts)

2. Oh puh-lease.

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 03:17 PM

May 13

mcar

(46,368 posts)

3. That's actually not bad

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 03:18 PM

May 13

for a party of 50 at a tony DC bar.

CatWoman

(80,335 posts)

5. yep

Reply to mcar (Reply #3)

Wed May 13, 2026, 03:28 PM

May 13

especially considering Kash's bill (FOR ONE) can easily eclipse it

mcar

(46,368 posts)

7. Yep

Reply to CatWoman (Reply #5)

Wed May 13, 2026, 03:39 PM

May 13

sheshe2

(98,473 posts)

14. Oh SNAP!

Reply to CatWoman (Reply #5)

Wed May 13, 2026, 04:52 PM

May 13

Lovie777

(23,755 posts)

8. The cult will only think of one.................

Reply to mcar (Reply #3)

Wed May 13, 2026, 03:41 PM

May 13

Xmas parties at my job for approx. 10 people the liquored bill world be over 2 thousand and that was about 5 years ago.

BamaRefugee

(3,903 posts)

4. Let's see Ka$hMoney's tabs from the Poodle Room and Ned's.

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 03:25 PM

May 13

malaise

(298,036 posts)

6. Van Hollen posted

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 03:28 PM

May 13

His test results

Add link
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5876187-patel-van-hollen-alcohol-test/

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) shared the results of a test to assess alcohol disorders after FBI Director Kash Patel told the lawmaker he would also submit to the test if he and the senator did them “side by side.”
Democrats have called on Patel to take the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in the wake of reporting from The Atlantic claiming the director was drinking excessively and at times was difficult to reach.

Put up or shut up!

CatWoman

(80,335 posts)

9. LOL!!!!!

Reply to malaise (Reply #6)

Wed May 13, 2026, 03:41 PM

May 13

good on Van Hollen

malaise

(298,036 posts)

11. I did laugh when I heard that 😀

Reply to CatWoman (Reply #9)

Wed May 13, 2026, 03:44 PM

May 13

ultralite001

(2,685 posts)

16. Oh, please...

Reply to malaise (Reply #6)

Wed May 13, 2026, 05:50 PM

May 13

Let's do this right...

RANDOM, unscheduled blood / alcohol / breathalyzer testing by a verified, certified, nonpartisan, independent laboratory...

Send teams simultaneously, one for the FBI Director + one for the Senator, to perform the collections...

Video the entire process...

Certify the chain of specimen evidence so there is no subbing of blood / urine / breath specimens...

Post results for all the world to see...

Americans deserve the truth...

bucolic_frolic

(55,847 posts)

10. Have to question if that's a legitimate use of FBI resources.

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 03:43 PM

May 13

No one should be wasting their time on it.

lapfog_1

(31,982 posts)

12. 2 weeks ago

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 03:59 PM

May 13

I attended an off site luncheon at a nice California winery. This was the entire Advanced Technology division for a major tech company. All 220 of us were there, flown in from all over the planet for a week long mission planning session. First time we have all met in person in 10 years. I can't imagine what the bar / food tab was for the event, but I imagine it ran close to $200 / person or over $40,000. BTW this also made sure that dozens of staff at the winery got a nice payday, as well as the charter bus drivers, etc. I don't ever expect to attend another such event since I will likely retire before another 5 years passes, so it was great to put faces with names / voices that I meet with virtually.

Also, the Senators $7000 bar tab for a 50 person party was NOT paid for by tax payers, it was paid out of his campaign funds ( donors ).

Ka$h can just go fuck himself.

allegorical oracle

(6,594 posts)

13. OK. Except Van Hollen isn't head of the FBI. Yep...double standards. nt

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 04:05 PM

May 13

MerryBlooms

(12,407 posts)

15. Was Patel drunk? Not the flex he thought he was flexing lol

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 05:04 PM

May 13

Let's talk about how much this dope spent flying his girlfriend to his dopey FBI investigation parties! lol

purr-rat beauty

(1,456 posts)

17. How much did this fuck's Olympic trip cost?

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 05:54 PM

May 13

How much for most everything and anything this admin has wasted a shit ton of money on?

Even though i don't approve of ANY rep wasting our tax payer's dollars, this is a drop in the tip bucket for 1 trip to a golf course for President Butter Chunks.

Looks like Patel is weaponizng his role as FBI Director

a kennedy

(36,357 posts)

18. and may I please say FAWK HIM AND THE ADMINISTRATION HE's INVOLVED WITH!!!!!

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 06:13 PM

May 13

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