Kash Patel Taken Down in Bombshell Article and Throws Public Tantrum

20 Apr 2026 · 19 min · 11 chapters

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In short

The hosts discuss claims that the Butler, Pennsylvania assassination attempt on Donald Trump was “staged,” arguing there’s insufficient public evidence (e.g., no released medical records about Trump’s ear injury; no independent agency investigation made public). They then pivot to an Atlantic report alleging FBI official Kash Patel has erratic conduct tied to excessive drinking, and they interpret Patel’s public responses as aggressive, retaliatory, and politically loyalist.

Guest backgrounds

No named guests appear in the transcript; the hosts refer to “Pumps” and “Kylie” as co-hosts/participants.

Key claims

Conspiracy theories grow due to limited transparency; Patel’s alleged drinking contributed to a “botched response” in prior investigations (Brown University shooting; Utah/Charlie Kirk-related incident). Patel threatens to sue The Atlantic for defamation and claims FBI/DOJ will make arrests over 2020 election fraud.

Notable examples

Atlantic reporting (24+ sources); Patel’s social-media “person of interest detained” then released hours later (Brown University); Patel’s “we’re making arrests” comments on Maria Bartiromo; Patel’s alleged “meltdown” over an FBI website login glitch.

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Unpacking the Trump Assassination Attempt

0:00 to 1:30

Discussion on the assassination attempt on Trump and its suspicious elements.

“they think now that the assassination attempt on Donald Trump's life in Butler, Pennsylvania was staged.”

Questions Surrounding Trump's Injury

1:30 to 3:00

Examining the lack of medical clarity regarding Trump's alleged injury.

“There's been zero investigation by an independent agency.”

MAGA Influencers and Conspiracy Theories

3:00 to 4:30

Analysis of how MAGA influencers are promoting conspiracy theories about Trump.

“dissipated in Trump 2.0, where you have a thorough Secret Service slash FBI investigation, and that is completely released to the public.”

Kash Patel's Behavior Under Scrutiny

4:30 to 6:00

Discussion on Kash Patel's erratic behavior and its implications.

“So this, okay, Kash Patel's a big drinker, blah, blah, blah.”

Patel's Lack of Professionalism

6:00 to 7:30

Detailing incidents that showcase Patel's unprofessional conduct.

“Is this a responsible person in the FBI?”

Responding to Allegations: Kash Patel

7:30 to 9:00

Patel's response to allegations and his plans for legal action.

“enforcement is like, what the hell is he doing?”

The Fallout from Patel's Interview

9:00 to 10:30

Analyzing the implications of Patel's media strategy and interview.

“It's also super important to note here that Kash Patel, there was a glitch in his computer, signing in, logging into the FBI website.”

Kash Patel and the 2020 Election Claims

10:30 to 12:00

Patel's claims regarding the 2020 election and FBI's role.

“You about the mission, because every time I see President Trump, he says this repeatedly that the election was rigged in 2020.”

The Reality of Election Fraud Claims

12:00 to 13:30

Discussion on the lack of evidence behind election fraud claims.

“That is not something I'm going to allow on my watch.”

Court Claims and Legal Consequences

14:04 to 14:38

Learn about dismissed court claims and the disbarment of associated lawyers.

“All of these claims have been taken to court and unanimously dismissed because there is no evidence.”
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Critique of Trump Supporters

16:19 to 18:31

Explore the critique of Trump's supporters and their motivations.

“I mean, this is all of this Trump support by these MAGA men is far more an indictment on them than it is on Trump.”
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Transcript

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0:04MAGA influencers are going bananas. they think now that the assassination attempt on Donald Trump's life in Butler, Pennsylvania was staged. I always kind of thought it was staged. And I know that makes me sound a little crazy, but it's just something was fishy as hell about it from the very beginning. I also think that here's a man, Donald Trump, that wants to talk about they cheat, they cheat, they cheat, I'm the best. There would be nothing more cheaty or cheaterish than taking out a candidate for president of the United States. The fact that he never talks about this ever is interesting to me, but I believe that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

0:48And Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling for such evidence. Pop this up. I'm not calling the Butler assassination a hoax, but there are a lot of questions that deserve public answers. I'm asking why won't Trump release the information about Matthew Crooks? Did he actually act alone? If not, who is behind him and who helped him? Why the coverup? Why doesn't he ever talk about it? Why doesn't he say the Democrats tried to kill me, blah, blah. If anything, it's always this weird Christian signaling that God spared Trump so that he could deliver this nation, this great Christian nation to God. Pumps, what do you think about all that?

1:29Okay. I also think that Marjorie Taylor Greene should be questioning why have we never received a medical explanation for how Donald Trump's ear went from allegedly had a bullet in it, was bleeding, everybody wore Kotex pads on their ear to, it's completely fine. There's zero scar, zero evidence. There's no evidence on Donald Trump. So release your medical records. There's no evidence on the shooter. There's been zero investigation by an independent agency. And I've always thought something was fishy. But when you say that, you sound like a conspiracy theorist, but I don't buy it. I mean, just in the era of Trump 2.0 where with all of the Epstein drops and all of this stuff, I just put nothing, absolutely nothing past these people.

2:20And I think we need transparency. But here is a wired headline about MAGA popped this up. MAGA is increasingly convinced the Trump assassination attempt was staged. Conspiracy theories about the Butler, Pennsylvania shooting have ramped up in recent weeks as once steadfast Trump supporters turn on the president, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Tim Dillon, and other right-wing influencers have floated this idea. And this is what happens when you align yourself with conspiracy theorists. This is what happens with Trump. I will say we should live in a society, and this seems to have completely dissipated in Trump 2.0, where you have a thorough Secret Service slash FBI investigation, and that is completely released to the public.

3:10And so when something like this happens and there's very little information about it, no medical records pertaining to the injury of the president, this is what happens. This is when conspiracy theories are born. Was it staged? Was it not? I don't know. I know that they have not presented enough evidence to the public. And do I think that Donald Trump would do something like this? Yes, I do. Do I think it's a crazy conspiracy theory? Yes, I do. I think both of those things can be true at the same time because there is no robust reporting on all of this, which brings me to Kash Patel and the FBI.

3:45So if we had a serious FBI that believed in the type of reporting that I was just talking about that could, you know, expose what's going on in Butler and either in the conspiracy theory or prove something really incredible. we have Kash Patel and the Atlantic is reporting on Kash Patel. Pop this up. Kash Patel's colleagues are alarmed by what they say is erratic behavior and excessive drinking. Sarah Fitzpatrick reports. More than two dozen people she spoke with described his management failures in conduct that could harm national security. Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

4:35And we've seen this behavior before. So this, okay, Kash Patel's a big drinker, blah, blah, blah. Is there any videographic evidence of this? Play the clip.

4:48For those of you listening, here's Kash Patel, fist bumping like a gorilla, like pounding his chest. And they put a medal on him that he didn't earn. And he's jumping up and down with his beer, chugging beer, just enough. And while Cash Patel celebrated, this is in Milan, the FBI was juggling a cartel violence outbreak in Mexico, a shooting at Mar-a-Lago, and a weeks-long missing person search for Savannah Guthrie's mother, not to mention they could have been researching the entire Butler situation to keep Trump's base intact. Pumps. You know, I've read this article and I found it to be probably exactly what I thought it would be.

5:36You know, he is going to Las Vegas on the weekend. He's sitting around getting wasted in the poodle room. He is in weeknights in DC. He's going and getting drunk. I mean, it's obvious he's drunk. He's having to push meetings that are scheduled in the morning. And at one point, his security team had to get equipment to breach his room because he would not respond. Is this a responsible person in the FBI? Fuck no. No. And it's also they have two dozen, 24, two dozen people who have confirmed this. This isn't one or two people at the FBI that are like, oh, Cash is a big drunk and he doesn't work hard.

6:24This is 24 people, two dozen. The reporting is rock solid. Pop up this next post, Kylie. um cash patel says um this is during the whole charlie kirk thing and he says the subject for the the subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of charlie kirk is now in custody thank you to the local and state authorities in utah for your partnership with the fbi we will provide updates when able and then this got community noted by the way the Atlantic article reveals that many sources believe that Patel's drinking played a role in his botched response to the assassination. During the Brown University shooting investigation, Patel announced on social media that a person of interest had been detained, but investigators already had doubts about the suspect's involvement, and he was released hours later.

7:19So like the president, these people think that they can govern and or manage the FBI via tweet. So Cash Patel shows up in Utah and he's, you know, tweeting and everybody like law enforcement is like, what the hell is he doing? Same thing with Brown University. But he goes on to Maria Bartiromo's show to respond to the Atlantic article. And he took a page directly out of Trump's playbook. Here Patel is threatening a defamation lawsuit. Play the clip. You know what? They can beat their drums and stand next to toxic waste all they want, but that doesn't make it toxic waste. And Maria, I'm happy to announce on your show that we're not going to take this laying down.

8:01You want to attack my character? Come at me. Bring it on. I'll see you in court. So you're going to sue them? Absolutely. It's coming tomorrow. Tomorrow you will be dropping a lawsuit against the Atlantic Magazine. Yes. Yes, I will. For defamation. And because you know what, Maria? We have to fight back against the fake news. It's one of the - Pimes, tell us what happens in the discovery of such a lawsuit like this. If you file a lawsuit, the defense the Atlantic would have would be the truth. They would subpoena his credit card records, the flight logs, his driving records, where did somebody drop him off?

8:42They would interview all of the people that had to get the jaws of life to open his room because he won't answer. All of these things would be open to discovery. He cannot be anything, but more entangled and more his reputation, more harmed from a lawsuit. So I'm ready. I completely agree. It's also super important to note here that Kash Patel, there was a glitch in his computer, signing in, logging into the FBI website. He has a stage five meltdown, you guys. I mean, like he's spiraling and he's calling people at the White House. Did he fire me? Did Trump fire me? Did Trump fire me? And I've told you guys forever, any notion when you watch these ridiculous circle jerk cabinet meetings, we're all like, oh, Mr.

9:34President, you're so incredible. Your leadership's just the best ever. These people get along is a joke. These are the most toxic, incompetent, emotionally stunted people. And all you need to know is Kash Patel's meltdown. Why would you go to, oh my God, I just got fired. Why wouldn't you go to, hey, something's wrong with my login. Can I get somebody from tech to help me troubleshoot this? He skips over the normal response and he goes to, because he knows how unqualified he is. He knows how incompetent he is. He knows how much he binged drinks. He knows how much he's fucked up the FBI. And in an attempt to stay in Trump's good graces, Patel says that the FBI is going to be making arrests related to the 2020 election fraud, the same 2020 election fraud that Fox News peddled and got punished for in court and had to pay$1 billion for lying to their loser watchers of that channel.

10:35Play the clip. You about the mission, because every time I see President Trump, he says this repeatedly that the election was rigged in 2020. I mean, he says it all the time. We all know that. And it's almost getting lost because he says it so much. You've been at the FBI now 14 months. Have you done anything about that? And do you have anything to tell us about that? Absolutely, Maria. Look, I've been with the president nearly since day one on this. As I told you earlier, I was the one that led the effort with folks like Trey Gowdy, Johnny Ratcliffe, and Devin Nunes to expose the corruption that tried to thwart President Trump's first presidential election run.

11:11And we saw the FISA abuses there. And I lived through it, and the media came at me then, too. That just shows you that when you're over the target, you keep pummeling the target because the media is going to try and pummel you. We are not going to take this and have not taken this laying down. We did already indict former Director Comey, and that's going through the judicial process. But we also at this FBI, even though we uncovered what we uncovered back in the House Intel days, I had to come in here and find rooms that they hid from the world. I had to come in here and find access on our computer systems in restricted and prohibited case files that they purposely put in places for no one to see and find.

11:43We have found all this information. We are working with our Department of Justice partners. And I am never going to let this go because they not only have personally attacked the presidency of the United States and President Trump, but they tried to thwart our elections and rig the entire system. And that is not something that is going to stop on it. That is not something I'm going to allow on my watch. But you just have to remember, they built this disease temple over 20 and 30 years. We've got all the efforts. I can announce on your show that we've got all the information we need. We're working with our prosecutors, the Department of Justice and their attorney general, Todd Blanche.

12:16And we are going to be making arrests. And it's coming. And I promise you, it's coming soon. Well, okay. So to review, Kash Patel will be filing a lawsuit today against the Atlantic and soon, which I would assume would be this week, he's going to be making arrests of people that he claimed helped Joe Biden, I guess, cheat in the 2020 election. And I say, do it. Yeah, do it. Do it, big boy. Get on your size, small jacket, your FBI raid jacket, go raid some shit, get all liquored up and arrest some people. That whole thing that we just saw, that was an interview for a party of one. All of that was, please don't fire me because that would be humiliating.

13:00And I can't stomach facing that style of humiliation. Furthermore, he has a girlfriend that he has to keep intact. And you may remember from his Twitter feed, he said that his girlfriend, Alexis, was one of the most patriotic Americans that he had ever seen. She's like 27. Okay. She's a country singer. If he loses his job at the FBI, he will lose the BMW transportation that he drives her around in and the use of private planes, which means, and I hate to be graphic here, but this is just the fact of the matter. And she's an attractive girl. Cash isn't going to get laid anymore. So that whole interview there with Maria Bartiromo, and I want you to think about this.

13:36This is not me being cute. The leader of the FBI needs to convince a dementia ridden, mentally insane dictator, fascist who's interested in decorating the Oval Office out the wazoo, that he needs to keep his job so that he can continue to get laid. That's where we are, America. That is where we are. And I just want to point out, I mean, I know everybody watching this understands this. All of these claims have been taken to court and unanimously dismissed because there is no evidence. And all of the lawyers associated with it, save one, have been disbarred by their governing body because they were attempting to present false evidence.

14:23And just one other thing, if they could prove it by all these files that are in the FBI computer and secret rooms, why the fuck is Tulsi Gabbard going on an illegal warrant into Georgia to get ballots? Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. Listener, do you feel stuck trying to lose weight? If so, you are not alone. I want to share with you a little secret that our listeners love, and it's weight loss by hers. It's designed to support you in reaching your goals, and HERS now offers access to an affordable range of FDA-approved GLP-1 medications, including the WeGoV pill and the WeGoV pen. With WeGoV at HERS, lose up to 20 % or more of your body weight when combined with diet and exercise.

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16:59I mean, this is all of this Trump support by these MAGA men is far more an indictment on them than it is on Trump. And then I just want to bring this to everybody's attention. Please play the clip. is afraid of him and they don't know he's got a lot of information on that like why they're terrified and you can see them just by AOC she's in her 20s you got your butts kicked by a former bartender all these efforts are unclassified and what Google just did to us today they this we're absolutely dead serious what he does for a living I'm not saying he has a cocaine problem I'm just saying that I understand that people who frequently use cocaine have to sniff like that rather consistently and piling that on with the over two dozen people that are on record with the Atlantic saying that this guy is a raging addict out the wazoo.

17:58I put that all in, you know, in this one tank that Kash Patel, like many of the people that are governing us right now are addicts, untreated addicts. I have no problem whatsoever with people who are in recovery and I commend them. And I put a lot of pride in people who, who are in that position. The people surrounding Donald Trump right now, you may remember the other sniffer around Donald Trump is dumb, his son, the older one of dumb and dumber. Dumb is always sniffing like that. So I just thought that was rather interesting, but that's all we have. Make sure you are subscribed to our channel and we will see you all later.

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