CIA Director John Ratcliffe fired back at a suggestion that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was drunk when texting war strike plans on Signal.
Democratic Congressman Jimmy Gomez suggested Hegseth's 'drinking habits' could be to blame during a bombshell Capitol Hill hearing on Wednesday.
During his confirmation hearing, Hegseth pledged that he wouldn't drink at all in his position as the Pentagon's chief after past allegations he was drunk on the job numerous times on Fox News.
It came as the California lawmaker was pressing top Trump security officials about the discussion of Yemen airstrikes in a Signal chat that accidentally included a reporter.
'To your knowledge, do you know whether Pete Hegseth had been drinking before he leaked classified information?' Gomez first asked Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
'I don't have any knowledge of Secretary Hegseth's personal habits,' Gabbard responded.
But when he asked Ratcliffe the same question, the CIA director and former GOP congressman shot back angrily.
'You know, no I'm going to answer that. I think that's an offensive line of questioning. The answer's no,' Ratcliffe said.
