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Gavin Blackburn

FBI director Kash Patel files $250m defamation suit against The Atlantic

FBI Director Kash Patel filed a defamation lawsuit on Monday against a US magazine that reported he frequently drinks to excess and is in danger of losing his job.

Patel is seeking $250 million (€212 million) in damages from The Atlantic and the author of the article, Sarah Fitzpatrick, for what the suit described as a "sweeping, malicious, and defamatory hit piece."

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