Kash Patel's Embarrassing Lawsuit Against The Atlantic
The Atlantic published an article citing more than two dozen anonymous sources alleging that Kash Patel, the current FBI director, is frequently drunk at work, misses meetings, and has engaged in conduct that raises serious national security concerns. Within days, Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Hawk walks through the legal standards that apply to public figures in defamation cases, including the actual malice standard established in New York Times v. Sullivan, and explains why Patel faces an extraordinarily high burden of…
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