FBI Director Kash Patel files new $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic

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.

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It reached the point that some within the bureau have worried that the former podcast personality’s personal behavior “has become a threat to public safety.”

The same report, which has not been independently verified by MS NOW, added that Patel’s erratic behavior at the FBI could cost him his job, and he’s “deeply concerned that his job is in jeopardy.”

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.