Trump Reportedly Prepares to Fire FBI Director Kash Patel
- FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic last week, calling the magazine's report 'hit-piece lies.' The suit comes amid reports that President Donald Trump is considering his removal.
- The Atlantic alleged two weeks ago that the director suffers paranoid 'freak-outs,' is often absent from work, and is 'regularly too drunk to do his job.' Patel denies these claims, citing political bias in the magazine's sources.
- On Tuesday, a Texas court dismissed Patel's similar defamation claim against Frank Figliuzzi, ruling 'The Complaint comes nowhere close to this standard' for proving actual malice. The decision signals legal obstacles ahead.
- Data from Kalshi shows a 54% probability that Patel will be removed before July 1, 2026, reflecting market uncertainty about his tenure. President Trump remains reportedly unhappy with the ongoing distractions.
- Despite the instability, Patel vowed last week that arrests are 'coming soon' and pledged to purge FBI agents who are 'anything less than loyal to the president.' His aggressive posture remains unchanged.
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FBI Director could be next one out: Trump plans to fire Kash Patel, according to insider
President Donald Trump is preparing to fire FBI Director Kash Patel following a series of embarrassing gaffes, according to a White House insider cited by Real Clear Politics correspondent Susan Crabtree. The firing could occur within days, following Trump's recent dismissals of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi. Crabtree discussed the firing with a source from the White House. The anonymous official criticized the selecti…
On April 17, American magazine The Atlantic released an investigation into FBI director Kash Patel. Agents testify to an erratic leader, who consumes excessive amounts of alcohol. Kash Patel announced that he had filed a complaint against the newspaper.
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Outside the Washington Hilton on Saturday night, just after gunfire shattered the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, FBI Director Kash Patel stood in a tuxedo with an iPhone pressed to his ear, scanning the scene aimlessly as crowds poured out and police lights cut through the night. For a man who has leaned into the optics of authority, the disconnect was hard to miss, and it didn’t take long for people to start asking whether his quiet actio…
FBI: Is Patel a national security threat?
“Kash Patel has never been qualified to lead the FBI,” said Danielle Han in Jezebel, and The Atlantic just showed us “the gazillionth reason why.” In a damning report published two weeks ago, the magazine alleged that the bureau’s director suffers paranoid “freak-outs” about being fired, is often absent from work, and is “regularly too drunk to do his job.” Justice Department and White House sources told The Atlantic that Patel’s security detail…
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