Demand Kash Patel Submit to Fitness Evaluation and Answer for National Security Failures
Demand Kash Patel Submit to Fitness Evaluation and Answer for National Security Failures
The Issue
More than two dozen current and former FBI officials told The Atlantic that FBI Director Kash Patel's alcohol consumption had become a recurring source of concern across the government. Among the most serious allegations: his security detail struggled to rouse him on at least one occasion because he appeared intoxicated, and agents sought breaching equipment to access a room where he was unresponsive behind a locked door. Patel has denied everything and filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic.
A denial is not a refutation. The allegations demand an independent answer.
House Judiciary Democrats have formally alleged that Patel's alleged unavailability caused delays in FISA warrant approvals related to terror investigations and compromised two high-profile criminal investigations, including the manhunt following a mass shooting at Brown University and the search for the assassin of Charlie Kirk. These are not allegations about personal behavior. They are allegations about operational failures at the highest level of American law enforcement that may have endangered lives.
Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin has called for Patel's removal from the Senate floor. House Democrats have formally requested he complete a WHO alcohol abuse screening assessment, submit results under oath, and appear before the Judiciary Committee. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has not compelled that appearance. Every day without accountability is another day the FBI is led by someone whose fitness is publicly questioned by dozens of people who work alongside him.
The FBI is too important to be led by someone whose fitness is an unanswered question. The same standards applied to every FBI agent must apply to the director.
Sign this petition to demand Kash Patel submit to an independent fitness for duty evaluation and provide results to Congress under oath, call on Jim Jordan to compel Patel's appearance before the Judiciary Committee, and demand accountability for documented national security failures under his leadership.
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The Issue
More than two dozen current and former FBI officials told The Atlantic that FBI Director Kash Patel's alcohol consumption had become a recurring source of concern across the government. Among the most serious allegations: his security detail struggled to rouse him on at least one occasion because he appeared intoxicated, and agents sought breaching equipment to access a room where he was unresponsive behind a locked door. Patel has denied everything and filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic.
A denial is not a refutation. The allegations demand an independent answer.
House Judiciary Democrats have formally alleged that Patel's alleged unavailability caused delays in FISA warrant approvals related to terror investigations and compromised two high-profile criminal investigations, including the manhunt following a mass shooting at Brown University and the search for the assassin of Charlie Kirk. These are not allegations about personal behavior. They are allegations about operational failures at the highest level of American law enforcement that may have endangered lives.
Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin has called for Patel's removal from the Senate floor. House Democrats have formally requested he complete a WHO alcohol abuse screening assessment, submit results under oath, and appear before the Judiciary Committee. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has not compelled that appearance. Every day without accountability is another day the FBI is led by someone whose fitness is publicly questioned by dozens of people who work alongside him.
The FBI is too important to be led by someone whose fitness is an unanswered question. The same standards applied to every FBI agent must apply to the director.
Sign this petition to demand Kash Patel submit to an independent fitness for duty evaluation and provide results to Congress under oath, call on Jim Jordan to compel Patel's appearance before the Judiciary Committee, and demand accountability for documented national security failures under his leadership.
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Petition created on 22 April 2026