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Miles Archer

(23,681 posts)
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 01:54 AM 10 hrs ago

Kash Patel's ace legal eagles demand that The Atlantic not publish "defamatory" details by MAKING THEM PUBLIC.

The first is an allegation that Patel was viewed as a “threat to public safety,” including concerns about how he would respond in the event of a domestic terror attack. The phrase “threat to public safety” was not in The Atlantic’s report.

The second is that an allegation that he once had his security detail shut down the FBI Association Store so he could shop alone, and complained that the merchandise “wasn’t intimidating enough.” The claim that the merchandise was not sufficiently intimidating was published; that the store was shut down by his detail was not.

That means that the letter, which came from a personal attorney for Patel rather than from the FBI’s own counsel, effectively put what it describes as false and defamatory statements into public circulation.

The letter ended by saying, “Please confirm you will not be publishing this false and defamatory article about Director Patel.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/keystone-kashs-attorney-outs-even-more-devastating-claims/

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Kash Patel's ace legal eagles demand that The Atlantic not publish "defamatory" details by MAKING THEM PUBLIC. (Original Post) Miles Archer 10 hrs ago OP
Kick dalton99a 10 hrs ago #1
Good grief. Biophilic 4 hrs ago #2
This letter is weak and did NOT stop the Atlantic from publishing this article LetMyPeopleVote 2 hrs ago #3
Truth isn't a "Hit Piece" Kid Berwyn 1 hr ago #4
Kashyap Disaffected 39 min ago #5

Biophilic

(6,591 posts)
2. Good grief.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 07:33 AM
4 hrs ago

Once again I’m torn between wanting competent people in government and appalled how utterly incompetent this administration can be.

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,625 posts)
3. This letter is weak and did NOT stop the Atlantic from publishing this article
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 09:40 AM
2 hrs ago

This letter is weak and from a firm that filed one of the dumbest lawsuits in the 2020 election contest. The Atlantic published the article and will be happy to defend this lawsuit.







Kid Berwyn

(24,688 posts)
4. Truth isn't a "Hit Piece"
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 10:33 AM
1 hr ago

Esq.s Binnal and Roberts should know; but if they don't, they're gonna find out.

Disaffected

(6,476 posts)
5. Kashyap
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 11:41 AM
39 min ago

For a better decorum and good manners, he should always now be known by that name.

Actually Kashyap would be a good moniker for Trump.

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