US EditionMorning Joe Retracts Nightclub Allegation Against FBI Director Kash Patel
- Former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi criticized FBI Director Kash Patel on May 2, 2025, during an MSNBC interview about Patel’s workplace conduct and leadership.
- Figliuzzi’s remarks followed reports that Patel spends significant time away from the Hoover Building, including nightclubs and his Las Vegas home, reducing his office presence and briefings frequency.
- Senate Democrats have urged a formal inquiry concerning Patel’s utilization of FBI assets, with particular attention to the agency’s private jets and the costs associated with his travel, amid worries about his dedication and ongoing disorder within the bureau.
- An FBI spokesperson explained that the polygraph tests ordered by Patel were intended to respond to concerns over leaks that could compromise the bureau’s security measures, while Figliuzzi characterized the environment at FBI headquarters as highly disorganized.
- Figliuzzi warned that Patel’s limited engagement and delegating authority to agents could worsen the FBI’s unstable situation and questioned the direction under his inexperienced leadership.
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MSNBC Walks Back Story About FBI Director Patel
MSNBC has pulled back on a story it ran on Friday, accusing FBI Director Kash Patel of spending more time in bars than he has at the FBI headquarters. Network anchor Jonathan Lemire walked back a broadcast segment with former Biden administration counterintelligence official Frank Figliuzzi. Figliuzzi, according to the New York Post, told the network, “Well, reportedly he’s been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floo…
MSNBC Correction, Kash Patel Club Claim Falls Apart - American Faith
MSNBC issued a public correction Monday after contributor and former FBI Assistant Director Frank Figliuzzi falsely claimed that FBI Director Kash Patel was seen more often at nightclubs than at his office. The unverified accusation was made Friday during a segment criticizing Patel’s leadership and alleging internal “chaos” at the FBI. Figliuzzi stated, “Reportedly, he’s been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor …
Womp, Womp: ‘Morning Joe’ Admits No Evidence to WILD Claim About Kash Patel
On Monday, MSNBC’s Morning Joe sent out co-host and Atlantic writer Jonathan Lemire to squirm and awkwardly reject comments made without evidence on Friday by MSNBC and NBC News law enforcement analyst Frank Figliuzzi that FBI Director Kash Patel was spending “been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of the Hoover Building.” Lemire bizarrely pivoted to this in the fourth hour even after co-host Mika Brzezinski ha…
MSNBC forced to walk back contributor’s outlandish Kash Patel claim
MSNBC on Monday walked back a claim its top senior security analyst made last week that Kash Patel has spent more time at nightclubs than he has at the FBI building in Washington, DC – calling it a “misstatement.”
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