Kash Patel to The Atlantic
I Do not Have Consuming Issues
… See You in Courtroom!
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FBI Director Kash Patel is firing again at The Atlantic, threatening to sue after the magazine revealed a bombshell report accusing him of boozing an excessive amount of and appearing paranoid.
Patel introduced his intentions Friday evening, telling The Atlantic and its journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick he’ll see their “entire entourage of false reporting in court.”
He then egged them on, including … “But do keep at it with the fake news, actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up.”
He additionally shared an obvious screenshot of Assistant Director for Public Affairs on the FBI Ben Williamson‘s preliminary response to Fitzpatrick’s request for remark, by which he referred to as her allegations “absurd” and slammed her for giving him a 2-hour deadline.
ICYMI, Fitzpatrick claimed in her piece revealed Friday that Patel has a long-term alcohol abuse concern that’s worrying a number of White Home officers in his orbit. She wrote, “he is known to drink to the point of obvious intoxication” within the presence of Trump administration workers on the personal membership Ned’s in Washington, D.C., and would “drink to excess” on the Poodle Room in Las Vegas.
She additional claims … “Early in his tenure, meetings and briefings had to be rescheduled for later in the day as a result of his alcohol-fueled nights.”
Fitzpatrick even says she’s been instructed by sources his workers typically has a tough time waking him up within the morning as a result of he is “seemingly intoxicated.”
Fitzpatrick additionally detailed an alleged “freak-out” throughout which he began calling aides to announce he was fired after he was unable to log into a pc system. It ended up simply being a technical error.
The article alleges Patel is “paranoid” about dropping his job … however for good purpose, contemplating The Atlantic just lately revealed one other piece saying he and different members of Trump’s cupboard are in line to get the axe from the prez.
Fitzpatrick is standing by her phrases … writing on X, “I spoke to 2 dozen people familiar with Patel’s conduct for this story, many of whom described it as a national security vulnerability.”