A federal judge in Houston on Tuesday dismissed a 2025 lawsuit by FBI Director Kash Patel that alleged he was defamed by former FBI official Frank Figliuizzi, who had said Patel ” been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of the Hoover building.”

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