FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $348 million over claims of drunkenness
FBI Director Kash Patel is suing magazine The Atlantic for $US250 million (A$348 million) over reports of his alleged drunkenness.
The article published last week referenced instances of Patel's excessive alcohol consumption impacting his job.
But in a lawsuit filed today against the magazine and journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick, Patel described the article as a "sweeping, malicious and defamatory hit piece".
FBI Director Kash Patel is suing The Atlantic over reports of drunkenness. (AP)
"Fitzpatrick could not get a single person to go on the record in defence of these outrageous allegations, instead relying entirely on anonymous sources she knew to be both highly partisan with an axe to grind and also not in a position to know the facts," the lawsuit read.
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