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Details on FBI Director Kash Patel's lawsuit against The Atlantic

Name: Details on FBI Director Kash Patel's lawsuit against The Atlantic
Uploaded: 2026-04-20T18:07:00-0400
Duration: 4 min 23 s
Description: FBI Director Kash Patel is suing the magazine The Atlantic and its reporter for defamation over a recent article that details allegations of what was described as Patel's "bouts of excessive drinking." CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has more.

FBI Director Kash Patel is suing the magazine The Atlantic and its reporter for defamation over a recent article that details allegations of what was described as Patel's "bouts of excessive drinking." CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has more.