FBI Director Kash Patel told “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo he was prepared to sue The Atlantic over an article the outlet published about his alleged performance while leading the federal law enforcement agency.
The Atlantic published an article Friday in which Patel was described as having “bouts of excessive drinking” that concerned Trump administration officials.
Bartiromo questioned Patel about the article’s veracity, which prompted him to push back hard.
“Look, Maria, you and I have been at this together for a long time, whether I was leading the investigation on Russiagate back in the House or my time in the Trump Admin One and now, and the results, I say, speak for themselves,” Patel responded.
“If the fake news mafia isn’t hitting you personally with baseless information in Washington, D.C., then you’re not doing your job, and it’s louder than ever because this FBI, under President Trump’s brilliant
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