FBI director vows to sue Atlantic over story claiming alcohol abuse

"See you and your entire entourage of false reporting in court... But do keep at it with the fake news, actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up," he wrote on X.

Published: April 18, 2026 9:25am

FBI Director Kash Patel vowed to sue the Atlantic over a story claiming alcohol abuse. 

"See you and your entire entourage of false reporting in court... But do keep at it with the fake news, actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up," he wrote on X. 

Patel was responded to an MS Now segment on the Atlantic's reporting. 

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