The Atlantic’s Sarah Fitzpatrick said she has been “inundated” with new sources since publishing her bombshell report on FBI Director Kash Patel, which accused him of “excessive drinking and unexplained absences.”
“I think one of the things that has been most gratifying after, immediately after the story published, was I have been inundated by additional sourcing going up to the highest levels of the government, thanking us for doing the work, providing additional corroborating information,” the writer said on the “Radio Atlantic” podcast Wednesday.
Fitzpatrick said that Patel is “known to be extremely, extremely vindictive,” which could be why more concerns about his behavior haven’t surfaced publicly.
“I think there is a real fear at every level — not just of the FBI, of the Justice Department, people who work in the White House — that this is a person who is going to come after [you]. If you speak out, if you are perceived as not being 120% behind this FBI director or behind the president, there is a concern that you are going to lose your job,” Fitzpatrick said.
Allegations about Patel come amid a series of high-profile Trump administration departures. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-Deremer stepped down just this week after being investigated for misconduct, and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and former Attorney General Pam Bondi were also recently ousted.
