Why was a grown ass man with a career like Kash Patel living with a billionaire GOP mega donor? Michael J. Muldoon, who sustains his politician-purchasing fortune by suckering grandparents and midwesterners into the backrooms-like world of timeshare condos and vacation rentals, lived and traveled with Patel as if they were a married couple for years. Determining the degree of coercive control Muldoon holds over Patel—if any—should have been a major Democratic focus in his confirmation hearing.