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Botched Security and Cheating Rumors Rock Kash Patel, He's About To Lose Everything
27 Apr 2026
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Chapter 1: What insights does Jim Acosta provide about the White House Correspondents Dinner?
joining me today to discuss all of the white house correspondent ordeal debacle is my friend jim acosta host of the jim acosta show jim so you were there you were were you in the ballroom at the
I was actually not at the dinner. So I didn't go because I said, you know, I don't want to be a part of this. I don't want to be a part of anything where Trump was going to speak and trash the free press and everything. So, you know, I thought about getting a table for me and my guys. And we just said, no, let's not do it this year. Let's do it another year.
So I was at the Substack party where, you know, there was other stuff going on. But, you know, I mean, we can talk about the dinner itself, but to me, like, you know, this this is yet another reason why this this event should be scrapped in its current form. It should not continue like this.
Chapter 2: Why did Jim Acosta choose to skip the White House Correspondents Dinner this year?
Well, let's get on to some pressing matters. Number one, I like to browbeat Kash Patel, obviously, because he's such an easy target. So here is right after the shooting, and here is some video of Kash Money working as director of the FBI. Let's play this clip. So there he is, looking around, dazed, confused.
It's like James Bond. It's 007 right there. There he is. Exactly. Vodka martini, shaken, not stirred and definitely shaken.
Chapter 3: What controversies surrounded Kash Patel during the event?
And then here's this bit from the New York Times regarding Kash Patel that I thought was just fantastic. Pop this up.
Yeah.
Patel was seen being ushered out of the Hilton through the lobby at 10.02 p.m., about 90 minutes after shots were fired. The Washington Post reported his girlfriend, who was also invited by the mail, was hiding in a room holding hands with another man, but later left with Patel, the New York Times reported.
And I don't know if you remember this tweet that Cash put out a few months ago that his girlfriend was a country music sensation and she had done more for this country in 10 lifetimes than anybody else. So I can only imagine how badly Cash is reeling from this reveal that Alexis is holding hands with somebody in a closet somewhere.
yeah i you know that one that one is is is strange i mean there's a lot of strange stuff going on that night there was there was stephen miller apparently hiding behind katie miller there was they rushed out jd vance before they rushed out trump i mean this whole thing was a show and you know the the only folks who came out you know smelling like a rose it seems to me were the folks in the press um i thought you know despite the fact that i
didn't want to go to the event and I thought, you know, it wasn't right that people in the press were having this event with Trump.
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Chapter 4: How did the security issues at the dinner raise concerns about safety?
I thought Weijia Jiang, the head of the Correspondents Association, handled it well. But, I mean, this was a shit show from top to bottom. I mean, first of all, why is it that the President, the Vice President and the Speaker of the House, you know, the line of succession is right there, they're all in one ballroom that is not being guarded that well.
Like, you know, you're just in a hotel where people can just check in. And apparently the shooter was able to check in without any kind of security. I mean, the whole thing is nuts. And that, I mean, I've been saying this for, I mean, since last year, that this event just needs to be rethought. Like, you know, this idea that the press- Well, Jim, it's going to be in the new ballroom now.
It's going to be in the new $400 million ballroom.
Chapter 5: What was the reaction to the shooting incident reported during the dinner?
He's already rethought it. Did you see in the manifesto of this shooter that he said his targets were Trump and some people in the administration, but not, and he referred to him as Mr. Patel? Have you seen that?
I haven't, I don't know. But, I mean, Kash Patel, I mean, going into this weekend, we were hearing that he might be fired. So, it's either he's going to be next or Pete Hegseth is going to be next. This is not a good week for Kash Patel or anybody in law enforcement. I mean, the Secret Service has let this happen again. you know, where somebody was able to, you know, almost pull this off.
And so, you know, I mean, but this is the Trump administration.
Chapter 6: How did the press handle Trump's remarks during the event?
There is no bottom. There is no, you know, what's worse than this. You know, he's going to continue to, and, you know, people are saying, you know, in the press, oh, look how conciliatory he was being after this was over. And I'm like, and then it was like 24 hours later, he's already shitting on the press again with Newer O'Donnell, you know, on 16 Minutes.
Well, and here's my thing. If the press has to point out, look at the big boy who's acting like a big boy for 30 minutes. This is just such a low bar. And I think that the fact that the whole normalization of it, of everybody sitting there, because I was kind of watching it.
And I just feel like Stephen Miller sitting in Kash Patel and all of these people who are dismantling democracy sitting there and everybody's playing patty cake like, oh, this is normal. And we're working with the president on this when a lot of people, you know, yourself included, you get really serious threats when the president goes after you or those in his administration go after you.
Chapter 7: What events unfolded at the Substack Party after the dinner?
And this is not a guy that likes the First Amendment. And this is not a guy who likes the opposing political party. He calls vermin. So I just all of the optics of that really bother me.
But Jim, apparently, yeah, apparently he was going to come in and trash the press. Apparently he was going to give this revenge speech. Caroline Leavitt, apparently she was on Fox beforehand saying shots are going to be fired tonight. Have you seen that video of her saying that? And I thought for once Caroline told the truth.
You know, to me, you know, putting this to the side, you know, Trump trashing the press and so on.
Chapter 8: What is the significance of the bullying incident involving Julie K. Brown?
They also had the Ellison table at CBS with Stephen Miller and Pete Hegseth and Brendan Carr was in the audience, the FCC henchman.
There is not a bottle of vodka big enough.
Exactly. That's why I was like, forget it. I'm out of here. I'm not doing this. Yeah.
Yeah. yeah okay so jimmy kimmel filmed a skit parodying the um white house correspondents dinner last week two days before the dinner and here was the clip play the clip our first lady melania is here look at mo so beautiful mrs trump you have a glow like an expectant widow Okay, and now Melania is having a post-mortem stage five meltdown because these people are only good at being victims.
And Melania is calling for Jimmy Kimmel to be fired. Pop this up. First Lady Melania Trump. Kimmel's hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn't comedy. So he goes on and on. She goes on and on. And this is just number one. Nobody thinks for a second, Melania, that you give a shit about Trump and his well-being.
I mean, that's just before we even get to the fact that she's worried about Jimmy Kimmel. So what do you think about this? I think that we've learned from scholars that fascists and authoritarians go after comedians first because they can't handle it.
That's right. They can't handle it. I mean, that's what Putin did. He went after some Muppet show in Russia shortly after he came in. No. And then also, you know, Melania is talking about Jimmy Kimmel's hateful and violent rhetoric. Has she, you know, not that they're in the same bed anymore, but has she turned to her husband and said, you know, maybe knock it off?
Maybe maybe don't tweet out that you're going to wipe out a civilization. No. Totally. And go off on the press in terms like he does on a daily basis. This is the problem that we have right now in Washington, Jen, and it is that there's rules for thee and not for me. And on Saturday night, there were all these tweets from administration people and MAGA people.
Maybe it's time for the left to tone down their rhetoric. Really? Are you serious? You know, give me a fucking break. And I just, these guys, this is the game that they played for the last 10 years. And it works with their base.
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