Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland posts results from the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) after a confrontation with FBI Director Kash Patel. The exchange follows Patel telling Van Hollen that he would take an alcohol-use test “side by side” with Van Hollen if Van Hollen took one. After the hearing, Van Hollen said he was unsure Patel would follow through with the test. In subsequent reporting, Patel agrees to take the AUDIT, conditional on conducting it alongside Van Hollen’s assessment. Van Hollen later releases his own AUDIT results. The dispute centers on questions raised by Democrats about Patel’s drinking in the aftermath of the heated hearing, during which each side pressed the other on alcohol use. Across the accounts, all describe the same core sequence: Van Hollen challenges Patel to take the AUDIT, Patel commits to doing so if the tests are conducted “side by side,” and Van Hollen publishes his own test results after the exchange. The reports focus on the timing and commitments around the AUDIT, without providing additional conclusions beyond the agreement and publication of Van Hollen’s results.