The Trump administration has been criticized for its lack of respect for Congress, particularly in its handling of congressional hearings. FBI Director Kash Patel was grilled by members of a Senate Appropriations subcommittee about his stewardship of the FBI, amid reports that he has alarmed colleagues with excessive drinking and excessive celebrations. The tension escalated when Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland read an opening statement critical of Patel's alleged drinking habits and suggested that he was the only person responsible for a $7,000 bar tab in Washington, DC, at the Lobby Bar. Despite this, there is no evidence that Van Hollanden ever touched the drinks. The administration has misplayed facts about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an undocumented immigrant from Van Hollon’s home state whom the Trump administration illegally deported to a brutal El Salvador prison.