U.S. Rep Michael McCaul, R-Austin, the chair of the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee, was briefly detained at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C. on Nov. 4, in an incident he called “the result of a poor decision” to mix Ambien and alcohol.
McCaul, who was on his way home to Texas, was charged with being drunk in public around 9 p.m. on Nov. 4 and released shortly after, according to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
A nervous flier, McCaul had taken Ambien to help him sleep on his flight, his spokesperson said, confirming a report by Semafor.
Mixing the medication with alcohol made him dazed and disoriented, leading him to miss his flight and lock himself out of his phone, according to his spokesperson. Airport police officers then detained him, assuming he was intoxicated.
Source: Rep. Michael McCaul detained after seeming drunk at airport | The Texas Tribune










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