"I'll see you in court!' Kash Patel doubles down on his vow to sue The Atlantic over their blockbuster expose

[riversedge]

Source: msn.com


Story by Joe DePaolo • 2h •


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“They can beat their drums, and stand next to toxic waste all they want, but that doesn’t make it toxic waste,” Patel said. “And Maria, I’m happy to announce on your show that we’re not going to take this laying down. You want to attack my character? Come at me! Bring it on! I’ll see you in court!”

“So you’re going to sue them?” Bartiromo said.

“Absolutely, it’s coming tomorrow,” Patel replied.

“Tomorrow, you will be dropping a lawsuit against The Atlantic magazine?” Bartiromo asked.
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“Yes I will, for defamation,” Patel said. “Because you know what, Maria? We have to fight back against the fake news… I won’t tolerate their attacks on me because they are indirect attacks on the men and women of the FBI..............................




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Kash is having a hard time. too bad

Kash Patel arriving at the Fox News studio this morning to deny the reports that he’s a raging alcoholic:

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[underpants]

1. Discovery should be fun. He'd basically defame himself.

The flight records with with or to see his girlfriend alone will be embarrassing let alone his Vegas weekends. Remember, at the beginning he tried to telework from Vegas.

[Talitha]

10. I'll bring the popcorn!

[tanyev]

2. My flask and I will see you in court!

[BattleRow]

11. My name is Sue.

[JBTaurus83]

3. He's on his way out

Dump is many things, but he doesn’t like alcoholics because of his brother. He views it as weak. Patel will be replaced with someone worse, and his honey pot will ditch him when she’s not getting all of the perks anymore. She probably has info to sell or give to foreign parties.

[BattleRow]

12. Or was of a foreign partisan persuasion,initially .

[dave99]

13. as if shitstain actually cared about his brother

[JBTaurus83]

14. I don't think he cared about him

I think his brother was weak in his mind, so others with that same disease will be viewed as weak.

[wiggs]

4. He didn't deny the accuracy of the story, BTW. Just said he'll sue. nt

[JBTaurus83]

6. Whenever one of these "denials"

Come out and they are multiple paragraphs long dodging the actual allegations, you know it’s a true story.

[wiggs]

5. Who's paying for his legal representation? Us? nt

[FakeNoose]

8. Believe it or not, he has a law degree

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kash_Patel

Apparently he has used his law license to file defamation lawsuits against major media outlets such as NY Times, Politico, and CNN. Don't know whether he has actually won any of them.

[JBTaurus83]

9. Further proof

These colleges will take money and graduate anyone.

[ToxMarz]

18. Before or after he gets fired?

Before, us. After, no one.

[Faux pas]

7. Good luck with that

wanker

[LisaM]

15. "Laying down?"

Is it too much to ask that he use the English language correctly?

[NJCher]

20. I know

I winced.

[3Hotdogs]

16. The deposition will be interesting.

"Mr Patel, were you drunk, on your ass on the nights of ......... and ........and.........and........and........and.................................

You get the idea.

[Botany]

23. Mr. Patel how much money and time have you spent in "The Poodle Room" on your weekends in a Vegas?

Please Ka$$h take this to court.

[Marie Marie]

17. No Kash, these are not indirect attacks on the men and women of the FBI - just you.

You Kash - only you. You are the one who is MIA in mind and body as head of the FBI. You are the one accused of being passed out drunk and absent from your duties. Didn't hear any one accuse anybody else of that - just you. Don't try to make yourself stronger by trying to claim all of the FBI should be behind you and offended by this. Most of them hate you. So sue away oh and - fuck you, you incompetent twit.

[NJCher]

19. so we have

Patel and Hegsmut 3 sheets to the wind a good share of the time.
trump with dementia.
RFK involved with more roadkill.
An acting head of DOJ who says he'll not follow court orders regarding the Epstein files.

Am I missing anyone?

[JBTaurus83]

21. You summed it up perfectly

[fujiyamasan]

33. Don't forget RFK jr also said he snorted coke off of a toilet seat

And Pirro who he appointed for US attorney is another alchy. And then there’s the labor secretary who stepped down… another drunk.

Only the best! Or as our favorite Slovenian sex worker would say, be best!

[NJCher]

34. Teleportation to Waffle House

Snip

Gregg Phillips, the head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery, was reportedly told by officials in President Donald Trump’s administration to stop posting about his claim that he was once teleported to a Waffle House.

Snip

Lolol

Story is at mediaite.

[rpannier]

22. Kash Patel sloshes his way into the courtroom. Slurring every third word

Several times demanding the judge pour him another.
Making passes at the women in the courtroom
Repeating, "Do you know who I am?"

[Javaman]

24. The Atlantic is Ali and keystone is a 7 year old thinking this is a slap fight.

oh I so hope this gets to discovery

but it won't. he's caught in a corner and is flailing around, desperate to claim he really is big boy "alpha" male to all his moron followers.

[Bengus81]

25. What is this "we" and "we're" stuff? It's just going to be about YOU asshat

and the Poodle club in Vegas.

[SSJVegeta]

26. Wjo thinks he will actually sue them?

[Johonny]

27. Has he found the kidnapped grandmother yet?

Because that's his job.

[Blue Owl]

28. Sounds good Kashyap -- see you at Discovery

[LetMyPeopleVote]

29. MaddowBlog-Confronting ugly allegations, FBI Director Kash Patel files new $250 million lawsuit

The Atlantic reported that FBI personnel have expressed concerns about the director’s unexplained absences and excessive drinking. He sued a few days later.

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https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/patel-lawsuit-the-atlantic-fbi-report

FBI Director Kash Patel, last seen by much of the public partying with the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team after they won the gold in February, has struggled badly for much of his tenure. But The Atlantic cast Patel’s troubles in a new light with a brutal new report on Friday, alleging that FBI personnel have expressed concerns about the director’s unexplained absences and excessive drinking, which have alarmed colleagues and his security detail.....

Patel and his lawyer wasted little time in condemning the reporting as “false” and vowing to file a lawsuit against the publication and the award-winning reporter who wrote the story, Sarah Fitzpatrick.

On Monday morning, he did exactly that, filing a $250 million defamation lawsuit.....

When host Maria Bartiromo asked, for example, for his response to allegations that he has a drinking problem, Patel didn’t answer directly, though his response heralded “President Trump’s brilliant leadership.”

BARTIROMO: The Atlantic alleges you have a drinking problem. What's your response?

KASH PATEL: The results speak for the themselves. If the fake news mafia isn't hitting you personally w/baseless information, then you're not doing your job. This FBI under President Trump's brilliant leadership ...

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-19T14:34:21.506Z

As part of the same interview, the FBI director went on to claim that the bureau has “information” that bolsters Trump’s conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election, adding, “We are going to be making arrests. And it’s coming, and I promise you, it’s coming soon.”

In reality, there is no evidence to support of the president’s discredited conspiracy theories — he lost in 2020, fair and square — as Patel likely knows. But if The Atlantic’s reporting is correct, and the director is “deeply concerned that his job is in jeopardy,” he also likely knows that there’s no better way to bolster his job security than going on Fox News and vowing to arrest the president’s perceived political enemies while defending Trump’s weird claims about his 2020 defeat.

Discovery in this case will be fun

[orangecrush]

30. As has been pointed out

It will never get to discovery.

He will try to make it cost the Atlantic as much as possible, then will drop it.

[orangecrush]

31. ...

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. Typos Spotted in FBI Director Kash Patel's Lawsuit on Inaccuracies

This lawsuit is pure crap and will not survive a motion to dismiss. The section on actual malice is truly sad. The typos are simply amusing and show that this lawsuit was not filed by a competent law firm

Link to tweet

https://www.newsweek.com/typos-fbi-director-kash-patel-19-page-lawsuit-11856767

A defamation lawsuit filed this week by FBI Director Kash Patel against The Atlantic contains multiple spelling and copy‑editing errors, including misspelled words and formatting inconsistencies in passages sharply criticizing the magazine’s journalistic standards.

The 19‑page complaint, filed Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C., accuses The Atlantic and one of its reporters of knowingly publishing false and defamatory claims.

But a close review of the lawsuit itself reveals several basic errors in spelling.

Newsweek reached out to the legal team behind the filing, Binnall Law Group, via email for comment.....

The 19-page complaint contains several clear spelling mistakes, including:

"feable" instead of "feeble," used to describe what the lawsuit calls The Atlantic’s attempt to downplay partisan animus.
"politices" instead of "policies," in a passage accusing the magazine of ignoring its own editorial rules.
"dicussed" in place of "discussed."

None of the errors affects the substance of the allegations, which claim that The Atlantic relied on anonymous sources to publish false assertions about Patel’s behavior, alcohol use and job performance—claims that the lawsuit says were explicitly denied before publication by the FBI, the Justice Department and the White House.

[DiverDave]

35. Get on the graft

Train.
Why not? Every rethug is doing it.