FBI Director Kash Patel files $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic over 'defamatory hit piece'

FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic over an article alleging he has 'alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking.' The lawsuit claims the article was a 'malicious, defamatory hit piece' with false allegations, including reports of Patel being difficult to wake due to intoxication, and accuses The Atlantic of publishing it with 'actual malice.'