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Description: FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million defamation suit against The Atlantic and staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick, alleging that claims she made in an article are false and were made with malice.

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FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million defamation suit against The Atlantic and staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick, alleging that claims she made in an article are false and were made with malice. Those claims—based on anonymous sources—are that the FBI director drinks excessively and is often absent from work.

NTD discussed the case with Republican strategist and political columnist Angie Wong.

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