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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Welbert Bauyaban

Kash Patel Denies 'System Lockout' Claims in Heated Exchange Months After Filing $250M Defamation Suit

Kash Patel’s fierce public denial of a computer lockout has sharpened the stakes in his $250 million defamation battle with The Atlantic. (Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr CC BY-SA 4.0)

FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday angrily denied ever being locked out of his government computer system, clashing with a reporter in Washington months after he filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic over that very claim.

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