FBIのカッシュ・パテル長官は月曜日、過度な飲酒に関する虚偽の記事を掲載したとして、ザ・アトランティック誌に対して2億5000万ドルの名誉毀損訴訟を起こした。今回の提訴は、匿名の当局者の話として、パテル氏の泥酔が業務に支障をきたしたと報じたサラ・フィッツパトリック記者による金曜日の記事を対象としている。パテル氏とザ・アトランティック誌はそれぞれ、主張を否定し、記事を擁護する強い声明を発表した。
FBIのパテル長官はワシントンD.C.の連邦地方裁判所に提訴し、2億5000万ドルの懲罰的損害賠償を求めた。同氏は同誌の記事を「広範囲に及ぶ悪意ある中傷記事」と非難した。19ページにわたる訴状では、記事が党派的で情報に基づかない匿名情報源に依存していると主張している。パテル氏はすべての不正行為の疑惑を否定しており、Foxニュースに対し「私の品格を攻撃したいのなら、直接かかってこい。法廷で相手にする」と語った。また、4月18日にはSNS上で「フェイクニュースへのメモだ。お前たちが書く嘘まみれの中傷記事について、私が唯一心配するのは、お前たちが書くのをやめた時だけだ」と投稿した。
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FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing that the agency buys commercially available data, including location information that can track Americans. The admission came in response to questions from Sen. Ron Wyden, who criticized it as an end-run around the Fourth Amendment. Sen. Tom Cotton defended the practice, likening it to searching public trash.
FBI Director Kash Patel and his attorney, Jesse Binnall, threatened legal action against The Atlantic after the magazine published a report alleging Patel’s heavy drinking, erratic behavior, and unexplained absences. Patel and several allies rejected the allegations as false, while some Democrats cited the report in renewed criticism of his leadership.
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A hacking group known as Handala, believed to be affiliated with Iranian cyberintelligence units, has breached the personal email account of FBI Director Kash Patel. The group published photos and emails from the account as proof of the hack, which the FBI and Department of Justice have confirmed involved only historical personal information. The breach follows recent U.S. actions against the group's websites and Patel's public threats to pursue them.
A former CIA official was arrested last week after FBI agents found approximately 303 gold bars valued at more than $40 million during a search of his home. David Rush faces one count of stealing public money and additional accusations of fraud and false statements.
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The FBI announced a $200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of former U.S. Air Force intelligence specialist Monica Witt. She faces espionage charges for allegedly sharing secrets with Iran after defecting in 2013. Witt remains at large more than a decade after her indictment.
A federal grand jury has indicted Christopher, DeYanna, and Paige Ostrouchko on federal assault charges tied to an April 11 incident in which Turning Point USA contributor Savanah Hernandez was shoved to the ground while reporting outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, according to an unsealed indictment and public statements from the Justice Department.
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The U.S. Department of Justice has dropped its criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over cost overruns at the central bank's headquarters renovation. The move, announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Friday, shifts scrutiny to the Fed's inspector general and clears a path for Senate confirmation of President Trump's nominee Kevin Warsh. The probe had been criticized as an effort to pressure Powell amid disputes over interest rates.