Patel Sues Atlantic Over Drinking Claims, Defends FBI Record

0:00It's April 22. From your city to your ears, this is Durham News Today, powered by AI. FBI Director Cass Patel just fired back at a bombshell Atlantic article, claiming he's had excessive drinking bouts leading to job slip-ups, and unexplained absences. He flat out denies ever being intoxicated on the job, and slapped them with a $250 million defamation lawsuit on Monday. The piece dropped on April 17, stirring up government concerns over his performance, all based on anonymous sources. Patel calls it fake news from the Mafia, trying to drown out his work, saying the louder they get, the better he's doing. At a tooth-a-press conference, acting Attorney General Todd Blanch jumped in, too, blasting parts of the story as blatantly false, without even reading. It. Patel addressed the February video of him chugging a beer with the US Gold Medal hockey team, framing it as just celebrating like any red-blooded. American. The Atlantic standing firm, vowing to defend their reporting in journalists against what they

1:02call a meritless suit. Patel told ABC News they ignored the truth he gave them. Pre-publication and push lies anyway. This legal showdown is just heating up, with Patel touting his FBI's record crime drop as proof he's locked in on the mission. No distractions in.