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.”

Patel alleges that the magazine published false and harmful claims about his conduct, including accusations of excessive drinking and unexplained absences from duty.

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 ”…

The FBI director has been mired in scandal following bombshell reporting in The Atlantic. In a lawsuit filed on Monday, Patel denied the story's claims.

The lawsuit brought against former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence Frank Figliuzzi is not related to the lawsuit Patel filed Monday against The Atlantic.

Kash Patel got into a heated exchange with a reporter who pressed the FBI director on details in his $250m libel lawsuit. A report in The Atlantic characterized Patel as a deeply…

A federal judge in Houston has dismissed a case brought by FBI Director Kash Patel accusing pundit Frank Figliuzzi of defamation.