{"id":46250,"date":"2026-04-20T14:41:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/20\/fbi-director-kash-patel-files-250m-defamation-lawsuit-against-the-atlantic-cnn\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:41:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:41:32","slug":"fbi-director-kash-patel-files-250m-defamation-lawsuit-against-the-atlantic-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/20\/fbi-director-kash-patel-files-250m-defamation-lawsuit-against-the-atlantic-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI director Kash Patel files $250M defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic &#8211; CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxOdFlmR1RzcHNNaU1FMUZ2eTNwdHd6R3ZPekhrTnEtektnakhlR3dSY3V3UVFKVGpyeXVZOXAwMUVSXzFSbGQybE5KOEdEd1lZRGEwX0E0Ty1KbUdCU2k4dFc4bHFpcWs2dUprYWRDY3JSVjRUWi1kWmM2M0wwLTgzdnY5bGFhYWpPdmViOFdGcw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">FBI director Kash Patel files $250M defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxQei1aY09rWGVYVlRuVmU4SE45b1RGQklibWYxT0NDZVRqUGhMQjFPbVJVTHRaenZURTFsSEJ0RC05cTBuRkUxUnZNUmZ4Q3NnbzI3cm1pY05UcnFxVk9FRW82SkFTbU9XOTRVdnpjWnRlNzdLTVJwRi16ZEFKSlpmaXRnQVdWSDRQaTdiZ0lrTGY1WEh6UnJqYmVOX1pZajlPYWtrSktwaUZ3NUNwbVpGSjQ3RTJRSmROV1gxdVNmOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Kash Patel sues The Atlantic over report alleging excessive drinking and absences<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxNdmdMamhoU2NpU2pzd09CeW5wOUlaUUtQTkRGU2VGUWRXbW9rZjhIcU9uV3lqTDBYTW16SHlDVkkxVFFGa25hdzFKUnhYb0Nic2k0QkUzUXZBOTVfeVkwV0tkYk9RYW9HV0JnRzI1ZjFtY2dFUkM1Vzl2YzVqWDRfUzlNUkRzaUdDS0tRajBkZU5JVHNXclFZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Kash Patel files defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0AFBVV95cUxNTm1xNVZOT2pLb3RzNjVFVnhUSG9BaEpxMC1ma0Rick96ZFBzVXdDcHVqZUVBd0FzYnRnQXgwenY5OXUxWnVLdE1vUTI0dUNGdkxheFBMXzhFUHNvcmQ1M3QzWEtJNi1lQTR5cWExbHFZaWRLOXZmdEtHckJfMXQzdzVnUDV4d3diNlhWMEZRU0lCVDZGOG83MzNlLUU5dU9teUNxcENaYWZBR2Y4c0NOWTJZTkUxLWxoRVliMTZpNzRaMHRVY1Z2Mkloc0pvZlZ0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for article that alleged excessive drinking<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Los Angeles Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI director Kash Patel files $250M defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN The FBI Director Is MIA&nbsp;&nbsp;The Atlantic Kash Patel sues The Atlantic over report alleging&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/20\/fbi-director-kash-patel-files-250m-defamation-lawsuit-against-the-atlantic-cnn\/\" 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-46250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46250","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=46250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}