CIA director erupts after Democrat asks whether Hegseth was drinking before Signalgate leaks - CIA Director John Ratcliffe blew up on Democratic Congressman Jimmy Gomez during House Permanent Select C

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is "on the hot seat" as some in the Pentagon grow tired of his antics, a senior intelligence service official said Sunday. Marc Polymeropoulos, a retired CIA official with 26 years in the agency behind him,

CIA Director John Ratcliffe blasted a House Democrat for asking him "whether Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had been drinking" while chatting in a Signal text group.

John Ratcliffe raged at a question about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's drinking during a hearing that was dominated by the Signalgate scandal. The post Trump CIA Chief Rages At Hearing When Asked If Hegseth Was ‘Drinking Before He Leaked Classified Information’ first appeared on Mediaite.

"He stood in front of a podium in Europe holding a drink, so of course we want to know if his performance is compromised," said Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.).