FBI-chefen Kash Patel stämmer The Atlantic på 250 miljoner dollar

FBI-chefen Kash Patel lämnade på måndagen in en stämningsansökan gällande förtal på 250 miljoner dollar mot The Atlantic, där han anklagar tidskriften för att ha publicerat en falsk artikel om hans påstådda överdrivna alkoholbruk. Stämningen riktar sig mot en artikel från i fredags av Sarah Fitzpatrick som citerade anonyma tjänstemän som hävdade att Patels berusning lett till arbetsavbrott. Både Patel och The Atlantic utfärdade skarpa uttalanden där de respektive förnekade och försvarade anklagelserna.

FBI-chefen Kash Patel stämmer The Atlantic på 250 miljoner dollar i skadestånd i en amerikansk distriktsdomstol i Washington, D.C., och kallar tidskriftens artikel för ett 'omfattande, illasinnat och förtalande påhopp'. Den 19-sidiga stämningsansökan gör gällande att artikeln förlitade sig på anonyma källor som var partiska och oinformerade. Patel har förnekat alla anklagelser om tjänstefel och sagt till Fox News: 'Vill ni attackera min karaktär, kom igen, kör på, vi ses i rätten.' Han tillade på sociala medier den 18 april: 'PM till fake news – den enda gången jag faktiskt kommer att bry mig om de lögner ni skriver om mig är när ni slutar.'

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