{"id":47649,"date":"2026-04-22T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/22\/judge-dismisses-kash-patels-defamation-lawsuit-over-claim-he-frequented-nightclubs-cnbc\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:02:00","slug":"judge-dismisses-kash-patels-defamation-lawsuit-over-claim-he-frequented-nightclubs-cnbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/22\/judge-dismisses-kash-patels-defamation-lawsuit-over-claim-he-frequented-nightclubs-cnbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge dismisses Kash Patel&#8217;s defamation lawsuit over claim he frequented &#8216;nightclubs&#8217; &#8211; CNBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxOTkgwRHU5VzlUbU1XUHY2TmZ5TlppTjhPdk80YUhwN0hRSkFpdHRIRkpwQ2g2UEcwLWRzSGIzWHAzazk1emstNU11dVBiRHV5RXJ2UFJBVWtXYjdnOWdNMGNPbWVjeHp4dGVySF9sWkpoUF9QemVrbzY1MlhHX2ZJNk1sVF9tVXN6UEdiWExoUDUtTXJE0gGaAUFVX3lxTFB5cG50cHhRcHRVUUNYa1NPTmMta29VRGZQWDR4QzZSQ0xoQkd4VGRTWHMyOWxYZFJHazczZWw2N3ZqSVJaWGZvbE1UUjg2al83RE02WVZpcjdvVGdQQjU1UjZqbFZQWVlQQmFzZkpUU0VMcEZWbng0NUtQRzU1TEpDRVJnTkVLNFVmVmpTcFdoNE5XT19ON25lREE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Judge dismisses Kash Patel&#8217;s defamation lawsuit over claim he frequented &#8216;nightclubs&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxPNHNORVJveF9IMnhYX2lpVDFFd1BJcnZIU3hsbGtqekY4RHRNVjZLV0hrUUZZZlB3NGV0UDJjcHc0Z2hlZGFLYTg0WHQ0WlozZ0JLb3VZc3RDa2p5U1FGS0dVZi1rcWZVcHd2UFdWNW50NWYzS1pvWHBoVHZxNHNNTUNsVWZ5Y3A4VVpHRzRR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">With acting AG at his side, FBI Director Patel publicly addresses allegations about his conduct<\/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.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Left-wing group chases proof of Kash Patel&#8217;s alleged &#8216;excessive drinking&#8217; as Dems eye FBI Director&#8217;s ouster<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fox News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxPNllFaHV6UnR5TWFoSXo5V2NqRXBqbDVSQ1UxZ2hUTjIyT0tWRGNGZFhlbWpicHd6eDlKUG1HV1dmVEdjM2hmSjFUSmtMbXpRZEE1aUhXVmhKZEZWd2lGNWUwRmJrWE9kN0h5LVhral9jSzBUQS14NF9tZUF6Nm02ZXF2X0poUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Kimmel Refers to Kash Patel\u2019s Job in the Past Tense<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge dismisses Kash Patel&#8217;s defamation lawsuit over claim he frequented &#8216;nightclubs&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC With acting AG at his side, FBI Director Patel publicly addresses allegations about his&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/22\/judge-dismisses-kash-patels-defamation-lawsuit-over-claim-he-frequented-nightclubs-cnbc\/\" 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-47649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47649","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=47649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}