FBI chief Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for defamation and demands 250 million: 'Falsehoods and slanders written'

Kash Patel is suing The Atlantic for defamation and seeking 250 million in damages for the investigation in which the prestigious magazine reveals that the director of the FBI alarmed colleagues over his drunken episodes and unexplained absences", also describing alleged paranoid behaviour dictated by fear of being fired by Donald Trump.

In the 19-page complaint, filed today in the US District Court in Washington, they accuse the newspaper and the journalist who signed the article of being 'defamatory, malicious and libellous'. "The defendants are of course free to criticise the leadership of the FBI, but they have crossed the line of legality by publishing an article full of false and blatantly fabricated accusations to destroy the reputation of director Patel and force him out of office," the complaint further reads, listing 17 specific facts cited in the article that are allegedly false.