The law firm representing Kash Patel made public their letter to The Atlantic, which they said they had sent before the article on Kash Patel’s alleged drinking problem was published.
A major war of words broke out between advisers to FBI Director Kash Patel and the Atlantic after Atlantic reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick exclusively reported that the FBI director suffered from a drinking problem, of which the administration was aware. Fitzpatrick reported that on several occasions, Patel’s security personnel had difficulty waking him up because he appeared to be intoxicated, and then claimed that he stands by every word of what he wrote because he is an award-winning investigative journalist. He said The Atlantic had excellent lawyers who would fight the case because they investigated the accounts and even the White House and the Justice Department, and they did not dispute the reporting. “It’s telling,” Fitzpatrick commented on Patel adviser Erica Knight’s statement threatening a lawsuit. Fitzpatrick said that Patel was going after people with polygraphs and so no one would record.
‘Every DC reporter chased the story, carried it forward’
After The Atlantic’s ‘bomb’ on Kash Patel’s alleged drinking problem, Erica Knight said it was a story that every real DC reporter chased and then passed because they couldn’t verify it. Knight wrote, “Journalists have resorted to listening to disgruntled partisan claims backed by their unnamed disgruntled friends in order to establish a narrative. A gossipy narrative may get clicks, but the truth gets consequences.”
‘I spent almost every day with Kash’
Clint Brown rejected Atlantic’s claims and said that he was Kash Patel’s Sherpa on the transition and that he spent almost all day with him for more than three months. Brown posted to The Atlantic asking, “I never saw him drink alcohol. Not once. You’re spinning that story because you know POTUS doesn’t view it favorably, even in your story that acknowledges it.”
Binnal Law Group Disclosure of letter sent to The Atlantic before the article
Binnal Law Group, which represents Patel, published the letter sent to The Atlantic before the article appeared. “Should you publish these false allegations, Director Patel will take prompt action to maintain his reputation,” the letter said. The letter called for seven claims about Patel’s drinking problem to be removed because they are 100% false. Patel wrote in a recent post, “Attention fake news – I’ll only really be concerned about the hit lies you write about me if you stop. Keep talking, it means I’m doing exactly what I’m supposed to be doing. And no amount of BS you write will stop this FBI from making America safe again and eliminating your favorite criminals.”“If the fake news mafia is not giving you baseless information, then you are not doing your job,” Patel said on Fox News.