The Atlantic reported that FBI personnel have expressed concerns about the director’s unexplained absences and excessive drinking. He sued a few days later.

FBI Director Kash Patel, last seen by much of the public partying with the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team after it won the gold in February, has struggled badly for much of his tenure. But The Atlantic cast Patel’s troubles in a new light with a brutal new report on Friday, alleging that FBI personnel have expressed concerns about the director’s unexplained absences and excessive drinking, which have alarmed colleagues and his security detail.

It reached the point that some within the bureau have worried that the former podcast personality’s personal behavior “has become a threat to public safety.”

The same report, which has not been independently verified by MS NOW, added that Patel’s erratic behavior at the FBI could cost him his job and that he’s “deeply concerned that his job is in jeopardy.”