Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic in the U.S. District of Columbia on Monday, accusing the magazine of fabricating allegations about his behavior in a recent article.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI ) Director Kash Patel has taken legal action against The Atlantic, stating that a recent article by the magazine defamed him with false allegations of misconduct. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - DETAIL: Published on April 17, The Atlantic‘s report alleged Patel was at times intoxicated at work, erratic, missed meetings, and raised concerns among colleagues about national security. Patel has strongly denied the allegations, calling them false and defamatory, and his legal team argues the publication acted with “actual malice” by publishing claims it knew or should have known were inaccurate. The lawsuit states that both Patel and government officials warned the magazine about errors prior to…Open
"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.
His comments followed a federal judge dismissing the case the same day, asserting that the complaint failed to address the requirement that he show actual malice.
A federal judge dismissed President Donald J. Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) over a story linking him to deceased pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. The judge ruled Trump failed to meet the legal standard of proving "actual malice" in the publication of the article. The post Obama Judge Tosses Trump’s Defamation Claim Against WSJ. appeared first on The National Pulse .
A federal judge has ruled that President Donald J. Trump failed to prove “actual malice” in a defamation case against the Wall Street Journal, but allowed the case to be refiled. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge dismissed President Donald J. Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) over a story linking him to deceased pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. The judge ruled Trump failed to meet the legal standard of proving “actual malice” in the publication of the article. DETAIL: The WSJ article claimed Trump’s name appeared in a “birthday book” given to Epstein in 2003, with a note allegedly written by Trump. Trump denied the claim, calling it “a fake thing.” Judge Darrin…Open