MAJOR GARRETT:
00:01:28
There's an element of the story that suggests he's nervous about his own job status.
JAKE ROSEN:
00:01:33
Yeah. Kash Patel. Yeah, and I think The Atlanticand the same reporter, Sarah Fitzpatrick, reported after Pam Bondi's ouster, that Kash Patel's name was potentially next on this list of people who not quite have lived up to President Trump's expectations--
MAJOR GARRETT:
00:01:47
And then could be fired. And this is--
MAJOR GARRETT:
00:01:49
And he has some nervousness about that. Absolutely, and this is-- the incident in the lead of the story, is Kash Patel went to go log in a routine-- logging in on Friday night two weeks ago, was not able to log into his account, and assumed that he had been fired because he had not gotten access. That was never the case, allegedly, at least according to this piece. However, there were worth reporting in this piece that Patel called people suggesting that he had been fired. That rumor never came to light, at least according to CBS.
MAJOR GARRETT:
00:02:18
And what does the defamation lawsuit say? Well, it alleges 17 different points that Kash Patel and his legal team are alleging are wrong in this story. They range from accusations of drinking on the job, from accusations of potentially needing his security detail, who watches him every day-- it's FBI officers protecting him. It's not traditionally like the Secret Service apparatus that protects political appointees and cabinet secretaries-- that they've needed some gear to potentially breach locked doors. All of that is singled out by Patel and his legal team-- As being false. --as being false. And they're claiming that the very high bar here that needs to be reached in this suit has been met, which is that The Atlanticand this reporter, Sarah Fitzpatrick, have moved on this with actual malice, which means, Major--
MAJOR GARRETT:
00:03:03
Which is the legal standard. Right, and very high one. And we just saw last week--
MAJOR GARRETT:
00:03:06
Know it's wrong, and even though this is a public figure and public figures have a different standard, it's wrong and you publish anyway, and that's actual malice. And that's what the defamation suit alleges. Jake Rosen, always a pleasure. Thank you.
