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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Patel in the 19-page suit also says the Atlantic Monthly Group LLC and Fitzpatrick are "of course free to criticize the leadership of the FBI, but they crossed the legal line by publishing an article replete with false and obviously fabricated allegations designed to destroy" his reputation and drive him from office.

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FBI Director Kash Patel's defamation lawsuit against the Atlantic explained: joycevance.substack.com/p/kashs-comp ...

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-- Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) Apr 21, 2026 at 6:29 AM

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Bugsy is a drunkard and playboy, and if this makes it to court all of that will be proved.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-04-20 12:51 PM | Reply

The discovery process will unravel Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel.

Last year Lawrence O'Donnell was forced to issue a retraction about similar allegations concerning this incompetent, lazy dipsomaniac in charge of the FBI.

I bet Lawrence O'Donnell is watching this case with an eagle eye.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-20 01:02 PM | Reply

Patel is cooked like last night's tikka masala

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-20 01:43 PM | Reply

Vindaloo, baby, vindaloo.

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-20 01:48 PM | Reply

I hope they publish everything they find during discovery.

#5 | Posted by qcp at 2026-04-21 01:41 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

That laughable lawsuit will never make it past discovery.

#6 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-04-21 01:46 PM | Reply

Republican-appointed USDJ John Bates is the presiding judge for this case: www.dcd.uscourts.gov

#7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-21 01:52 PM | Reply

@#5 ... I hope they publish everything they find during discovery. ...

Yup.

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-21 01:57 PM | Reply

Watchdog requests Patel's calendar, security detail messages
thehill.com

... A watchdog organization has filed a new request for records pertaining to FBI Director Kash Patel, citing new reports of excessive alcohol use from the intelligence chief.

The request from the Democracy Forward Foundation (DFF) cites The Atlantic's recent report, "The FBI Director is MIA."

"If the Director of the FBI is a liability " the American people need to know," DFF President and CEO Skye Perryman said in a press release on Tuesday.

"News reports, including from The Atlantic, suggest that his levels of drinking and absentee leadership are not just unacceptable, but also a threat to the integrity of one of the most important law enforcement agencies in the country," Perryman continued. "If true, this is not a minor lapse in judgment or a personal issue to brush aside; this goes to whether the FBI is being led with the discipline, reliability, and seriousness the job demands." ...


#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-21 09:28 PM | Reply

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