{"id":46301,"date":"2026-04-20T15:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/20\/fbi-director-kash-patel-sues-the-atlantic-claiming-false-reporting-about-drinking-absences-reuters\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:00:47","slug":"fbi-director-kash-patel-sues-the-atlantic-claiming-false-reporting-about-drinking-absences-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/20\/fbi-director-kash-patel-sues-the-atlantic-claiming-false-reporting-about-drinking-absences-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences &#8211; Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\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<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\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxPTlo1N19yRlN2M3U4eXc1aU9BSGZmR3pTQURJTnltUTlYUXhpNm1LNUZ6SlNyY0EyNm9aSktndmNkZ3R6VWgxMGp2QVUwdFlpMF9oWmRneFpSR2I1ZzNXT052dDJxd2FoZU5DNkNZdVlxaTZuUUFSLXd4Zm5QYmk5T3M0UGpXZlptWEdEV19uQnFZUjQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">FBI Director Kash Patel sues the Atlantic for $250M, alleging defamation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2AFBVV95cUxQclFkUi13Y0dBdmJTMnpMY3NEVFc2czloUEQ4dE5tSFBNdXh4cC00TG1XZHVsWVRhTnMzNDlkVFJPa0Y0MGNsVi1aZ1JkNDB1Q1F5MG52VnJPYmhKYUowNi1mczcyZ3hMdWhoUVI0NW5YeWhUVGhhMDA0U21wUGNEWWxBYmlzT3ptZ3ZqZTM3OXZkbHFUNFlsNGR1NV84UE9VN2lRM0g3bWItYzBWZVFPUkNleDhoNGZ3Y0ZLSXBnSElibTBnVklqWUVaaWlfR3d1QXdiT09QeHk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Live updates: Kash Patel sues over report alleging drinking and absences<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters The FBI Director Is MIA&nbsp;&nbsp;The Atlantic FBI director Kash Patel files $250M&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/20\/fbi-director-kash-patel-sues-the-atlantic-claiming-false-reporting-about-drinking-absences-reuters\/\" 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-46301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46301","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=46301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}