FBI Director Kash Patel has filed a $250 million defamation suit against The Atlantic magazine

FBI Director Kash Patel has filed a $250 million defamation suit against The Atlantic magazine

The FBI has opened a criminal leak investigation focusing on a journalist who wrote a critical article about Kash Patel, the head of the US law enforcement agency, the cable news channel MS Now reported on Wednesday.

Patel filed a $250 million suit last month against The Atlantic magazine and the author of the article, Sarah Fitzpatrick, calling it a "sweeping, malicious, and defamatory hit piece."

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