FBI Director Sues Atlantic for Defamation

0:00FBI Director Cash Patel just slapped the Atlantic in one of his reporters with a defamation lawsuit over an article claiming he has a serious. Drinking problem that's messing with national security. The piece leaned on over two dozen anonymous sources, saying Patel showed up drunk, missed meetings, and stayed unreachable, forcing the FBI to. Shuffle schedules and delay big decisions. Patel and the FBI fired back hard before it even dropped, calling everything false and warning they'd hit the courts. The White House and Justice Department backed that up too. Patel's team says the Atlantic ignored a last-minute letter from his lawyer, listing refutations to 19 claims, then rushed the story out anyway. Proving what they call actual malice. They're suing in DC Federal Court for $250 million in damages. This fits a pattern with Trump folks battling media outlets. Some suits got tossed, but other scored big settlements like $15 million from ABC and $16

1:01million from Paramount. We'll see how this one plays out. That's the story for today. With any news today, driven by AI.