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FBI Director Kash Patel sues the Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences  Reuters

F.B.I. Director Sues The Atlantic Over Article Claiming Excessive Drinking

Mr. Patel sued the publication for defamation, asking for $250 million in damages. A spokeswoman for The Atlantic called the suit “meritless.”

By Katie Robertson

FBI Director Kash Patel sues the Atlantic for $250M, alleging defamation

The magazine published a report alleging Patel engaged in “excessive drinking” in work settings and had “unexplained absences.”

By Scott Nover

Kash Patel sues the Atlantic over bombshell story detailing allegations of misconduct

Magazine has stood behind the story, which was written by veteran national security reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick Kash Patel has followed through on a threat to sue the Atlantic and the author of a story the magazine published that included allegations of “excessive drinking” as well as “conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences” while in charge of the law enforcement agency. The US attorney general filed a defamation lawsuit in US district court for the District of Columbia that seeks $2...

By Jeremy Barr

FBI Director Kash Patel files $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic over 'defamatory hit piece'

CIA Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million lawsuit on Monday against the Atlantic over allegations that he has alarmed colleagues with "excessive drinking."

Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million over alcohol abuse claims

FBI’s Patel sues Atlantic for US$250 million, says drinking story ‘is a lie’

FBI Director Kash Patel filed a defamation ⁠lawsuit against the Atlantic and its reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick, following the publication of an article on Friday claiming the director had a drinking problem that could pose a threat to national security. The magazine’s story, initially titled “Kash Patel’s Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His Job,” cited more than two dozen anonymous sources expressing concern at Patel’s “conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences” that “alarmed officials at...

By Reuters

FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for article that alleged excessive drinking

FBI Director Kash Patel has filed a $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic magazine and its reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick, contending its article posted last week that talked about his alleged excessive drinking was a “malicious hit piece.”

By David Bauder

FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences

FBI Director Kash Patel Files $250 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against the Atlantic, Which Calls Suit ‘Meritless’

Kash Patel, the director of the FBI, filed a lawsuit against the Atlantic over a story alleging that he “has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.” Patel’s suit seeks $250 million in damages. In a statement Monday, the Atlantic said: “We stand by our reporting on Kash Patel, and we will […]

By Todd Spangler

FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences

Director of the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Kash Patel, filed a defamation lawsuit against American magazine The Atlantic and its reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick following the publication of an article on Friday alleging the director had a drinking problem that could pose a threat to national security. The magazine’s story, initially titled ‘Kash Patel’s Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His Job’, cited more than two dozen anonymous sources expressing concern at Patel’s all...

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Kash Patel Sues The Atlantic Over Story About “Erratic” Tenure As FBI Director

FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million defamation suit against The Atlantic and writer Sarah Fitzpatrick on Monday, claiming a piece chronicling his tenure at the agency was a “sweeping, malicious and defamatory hit piece.” The story chronicled concerns among unnamed current and former FBI employees that Patel’s tenure has been erratic and has […]

By Ted Johnson

FBI Director Kash Patel sues the Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences

The lawsuit, filed in US District Court for the District of Columbia, seeks $250 million in damages

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