FBI Director Kash Patel said on Sunday that he is formally suing The Atlantic on Monday over a story claiming alcohol abuse. “See you and your entire entourage of false reporting in court… But do keep at it with the fake news, actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up,” he wrote on X on Saturday.Patel was responding to an MS Now segment on the Atlantic’s reporting.
Patel’s attorney posted the letter on X that he wrote to the outlet about the article.
Patel confirmed on “Mornings with Maria” on Sunday that he is going to be filing the lawsuit.
“Yes, for defamation and because, you know what? We have to fight back against the fake news,” he said. “I won’t tolerate their attacks on me.”
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