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

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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