{"id":46200,"date":"2026-04-20T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/20\/fbi-director-kash-patel-sues-the-atlantic-for-250-million-over-story-on-alleged-drinking-absences-cbs-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:30:00","slug":"fbi-director-kash-patel-sues-the-atlantic-for-250-million-over-story-on-alleged-drinking-absences-cbs-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/20\/fbi-director-kash-patel-sues-the-atlantic-for-250-million-over-story-on-alleged-drinking-absences-cbs-news\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million over story on alleged drinking, absences &#8211; CBS News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE84Wi1MeTFrVUZGMnhreWg3c1hzWkVDSVlySFowdEVIUnlvUkdXWTlMdEY0RWd1MDZuVGRhMDVPTC1ZZHNmMVp1MEVyVlFHWUI1M2RQUmx1UEhVNHVaMDY0OW5maEJKYjVMZ1djNUZRZ1EzQ3piX3N1QWdVZXYzd9IBgwFBVV95cUxPXzBjWG5OTlBaU3lpd1NUUmdfQzRicDlHRmQ3OWZTc2M1VWgtal9HWXFLaG5JVWFKd2pFU0R0SS0wLTZaZ1BLa2l2Z0h6bUN5N0NFczhFbkRZMVpRSW5nSWVqM3Brc2Jaa0JhMjJPQzdqMnk5Sk1SWUZtZ1NqckZKTVBrVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million over story on alleged drinking, absences<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CBS News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxOdFlmR1RzcHNNaU1FMUZ2eTNwdHd6R3ZPekhrTnEtektnakhlR3dSY3V3UVFKVGpyeXVZOXAwMUVSXzFSbGQybE5KOEdEd1lZRGEwX0E0Ty1KbUdCU2k4dFc4bHFpcWs2dUprYWRDY3JSVjRUWi1kWmM2M0wwLTgzdnY5bGFhYWpPdmViOFdGcw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">FBI director Kash Patel files $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic | CNN Business<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxNVEFYaUlCSVFPV0JmMmxlalNDaDd2d0lkQWx2ZkxyLVpYNDFNZzBrZVFfNTFQc2N0ei1PUWFLaTZHUWVxY0IyYk0wUG9RMEhxWjlZSUNCbV9lTWVQckEyaEtWSkJDamxhWnFnUkEzSjJOVlliTlRTRWlUUERhd3lEaHJR0gGHAUFVX3lxTFA4MlByNjNDUktvaXJxbFh2MWhhRDZvSHpCcDh6eEVweEVET2U1T1NUQkliUDNQSExvalJ1bEx1YzBCa3ZBVl9SUVZNTW9yd3dqcm9yUkR6M3dmWktxSDI0MW81WWJFck5tWUgyVDE1ZEtoQm5ZaW95ZkRhRkNVam5Yanh1YXJQTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million over alcohol abuse claims<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxNM0hiektERndWZ09DdVVUZ3h1Q0M4U0tpZ1BQOXpfVk9URFZYMnBkRWZFbE56TGlsMGNRZzQ4a0phQVRpVWYzR0NqUWJVYUdiZjlQa2kzZmRDTnVoek5LU1BMemhzaDFTcDFoUzBUNWZ1MlR1OFhURUVKTHZ0dDlCZUU4N0c5aWFMS1Q4Z2dvMTZoX2xDM3BLMVlxMzAyVTA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPSWJyRy1fU3hZVVJRaVBLNURoQUR1TEZDTlNqSGViTVg3ZHBOcE5oV2FubzM5RDgydlNkUmdZX2pZVWt3OE1zZXJGUUJRdFBXeFRWM3hvaFhTenYwMzFfT09DN3pveXdraFh5TENtelJ4eWpsVGJaTHFTdWNZalNobm1lZWpUeXRpTWlrLXo1QW4wcWtiZkd1YXpR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The FBI Director Is MIA<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Atlantic<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million over story on alleged drinking, absences&nbsp;&nbsp;CBS News FBI director Kash Patel files $250 million defamation&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/20\/fbi-director-kash-patel-sues-the-atlantic-for-250-million-over-story-on-alleged-drinking-absences-cbs-news\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}