❓WHAT HAPPENED: Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is reportedly facing scrutiny from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) over alleged unprofessional behavior during an official trip to Mexico that resulted in a diplomatic incident.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Rep. Dan Crenshaw, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford (R-AR), Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), and CIA officials.
📍WHEN & WHERE: August 2025, during a congressional trip to Mexico City.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Once again, we are dealing with the usual media playbook of publishing sensational stories based on anonymous sources and incorrect facts.” – Dan Crenshaw
🎯IMPACT: Crenshaw has been removed from his role as head of the cartel task force, but retains support from House Speaker Johnson.
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) station in Mexico City was reportedly so alarmed over the behavior of Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) during an August congressional delegation to Mexico that officials contacted the agency’s headquarters in Virginia out of caution. Crenshaw is accused of having appeared inebriated and allegedly toasting inappropriate remarks made by a Mexican official, which led to discomfort among some female attendees.
In response to the diplomatic incident, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford (R-AR) allegedly banned Crenshaw from participating in taxpayer-funded congressional delegation travel for at least 90 days. In addition, the Texas Republican was reportedly removed as chairman of the House Cartel Task Force. Crenshaw was visiting Mexico in his official capacity as the task force’s chairman. While it is believed that Chairman Crawford also sought to remove Crenshaw as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee’s Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture subcommittee, the Texas Congressman has seemingly retained that role.
“Big problem with this clickbait story: I was booked to go on an overseas CODEL, which was fully approved by House Ethics, from October 1st to October 6th of this year. The CODEL was canceled right before departure due to the government shutdown, but not due to any so-called ‘travel ban.’ This is a fact: people can pull receipts,” Rep. Crenshaw wrote in a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), addressing the initial travel ban report published by Punchbowl News. “Once again, we are dealing with the usual media playbook of publishing sensational stories based on ananonymous [sic] sources and incorrect facts,” he claimed.
“Another problem with this headline, this ‘alcohol related incident’ is literally me doing a toast with Mexican Generals. Just read past the paywall,” Crenshaw insisted in a follow-up post.
Despited reportedly being unhappy with Crenshaw, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has defended him publicly, stating, “Dan Crenshaw has always been and still is our point man in Congress when it comes to addressing the threat of the drug cartels. His insights and expertise in these and other matters regarding intelligence and national security are invaluable.”
The incident comes amid other controversies surrounding Crenshaw, including remarks earlier this year where he was allegedly caught on a hot mic threatening to kill former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Crenshaw, a staunch neoconservative, has a reputation for angry outbursts. The National Pulse reported in 2021 that Crenshaw smeared members of the House Freedom Caucus as “performance artists.” In 2022, the Texas Congressman snapped at a 10-year-old girl when she questioned his faith in Christianity after he had questioned whether Jesus Christ actually existed on a podcast.
Crenshaw had said, “The most important thing here is that we have important hero archetypes that we look up to. Jesus is a hero archetype. Jesus is a hero archetype; Superman is a hero archetype. Real characters, too. I could name a thousand—Rosa Parks, Ronald Reagan,” appearing to imply that Christ does not belong in the category of “real characters.”
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