FBI Director Kash Patel has filed a $250m (£185m) defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic, accusing the magazine of publishing false and damaging claims about his conduct in office.
Patel alleges that the magazine published harmful claims, including accusations of excessive drinking and unexplained absences from duty.
The article, citing sources, also alleged that Patel’s conduct created a risk to public safety and national security.
The Atlantic has defended its reporting. To win a defamation suit in the US, public officials must demonstrate that a publisher acted with actual malice.
“We stand by our reporting on Kash Patel, and we will vigorously defend The Atlantic and our journalists against this meritless lawsuit,” the magazine said in a statement.
This should be really easy to win, take a PETH test administered by an impartial party, show that you are clean and get paid.
That would only indicate what amount of drinking he has been doing over the last 4 weeks. (iigic) Doesnt touch any of the other claims, and he has been director for a longer than 4 weeks.
Also if the director of the FBI (even a shit one like this numpkin) cant cheat a drug/alcohol test than dismantle the whole org anyway.
I mean, id probably be ok with them being dismantled anyway… but they do serve a couple important functions. I think.
