{
    "author": "Ryan King",
    "date_published": "2026-09-15T21:01:34.000Z",
    "dek": "Senate Democrats grilled FBI boss Kash Patel on whether the bureau hires people who had sex with animals, blasted him as a \"thug,\" and accused him of being a drunk during an off-the-rails Judiciary Committee hearing.",
    "direction": "ltr",
    "domain": "nypost.com",
    "excerpt": "Senate Democrats grilled FBI boss Kash Patel about whether the bureau hires people who had sex with animals, blasted him as a \u201cthug,\u201d and accused him of being a drunk during an off-the-\u2026",
    "lead_image_url": "https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/141243879.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200",
    "next_page_url": null,
    "rendered_pages": 1,
    "title": "Dems grill Patel on sex with animals, drinking on the job, frat boy goals in off-the-rails hearing: \u2018Shut up\u2019",
    "total_pages": 1,
    "url": "https://nypost.com/2026/09/15/us-news/dems-grill-patel-on-sex-with-animals-drinking-on-the-job-frat-boy-goals-in-off-the-rails-hearing-shut-up/",
    "word_count": 921
}