Judge dismisses Kash Patel’s defamation lawsuit over claim he frequented ‘nightclubs’

That was quick.

Nothing in the article so far aside from:

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2025 lawsuit. not the new one.

and honestly this is a greyer claim than anything in the atlantic article, while not at all meeting the bar for defamation

Honestly, the penalty for frivolous lawsuits is way too low. Take a suit to court everyone knows is bullshit, congrats, straight to jail.

You say “DEI” hire, I say “DUI” hire.

You say White House cabinet, I say liquor cabinet.

And I thought Trump only hires “the best?”

Hasn’t he also made it a point over and over again that hiring should be based on “merit?”

There’s absolutely nothing meritocratic about these appointments.

It’s not a good look when the FBI director is being outed by his own staff and colleagues as a “national security threat” because of his drinking habits.

People who described Patel as “erratic, suspicious of others, and prone to jumping to conclusions before he has the necessary evidence.”

Ya, that’s exactly what we want from our country’s top cop…

Then there’s his firing of counterintelligence agents tasked specifically with monitoring Iranian threats just days before we launched a massive military operation in Iran. And only because some of these agents were part of the classified documents investigation into Trump…

To that point, he’s overseen the purge of dozens of career agents who have at one point been involved in investigating Trump or his allies.

Beyond that, there’s all the ongoing scandals, affairs, corruption, alcohol and drug abuse involving multiple administration officials.

Let’s not forget about the massive insider enrichment going on either. There’s solid evidence that Trump administration officials have been using privileged knowledge to make fat insider trades and wager on government action. The corruption is baffling.

And not only is this administration the most corrupt in recent history, but also the wealthiest. Which indicates an obvious correlation.

And these people have the audacity to suggest that they’re looking out for anyone’s best interests but their own, that they’re prioritizing anything but Trump’s agenda…

Practically this entire administration is stacked with severely incompetent, unqualified loyalists who have no business being in positions of power and whose only qualification is that they pledge their undying fealty to Trump.

This is perhaps the only reason why Patel still has a job, because he’s willing to go after Trump’s opponents.

These cronies are hand chosen because of their willingness to choose Donald Trump over the rule of law.

This is the definition of rampant cronyism.

And with Patel now paranoid over being the next former Trump agency director, there’s no doubt that he’s going to ramp up the politically motivated investigations and rhetoric.

The MAGA regime is consolidating power and investigative authority at an alarming rate while firing anyone not deemed loyal enough.

We’re watching democracy unravel before our eyes as authoritarianism becomes the new norm.

Trump is weaponizing every power and agency of the federal government to target his political opponents, his critics and anyone who has ever wronged him for that matter.

The Trump administration is also concentrating economic power and resources into the hands of a small group of rich, ruling classmen.

It’s a fucking kleptocracy, and the American people are being robbed blind.

Scratch that, only MAGA is blind to the ongoing thievery and pickpocketing being carried out by our government because their attention has been largely diverted towards culture wars.

Instead of demanding accountability for the real criminals, “hoaxers” and frauds, they’re scapegoating immigrants and minorities for all of our nation’s problems.

what a waste of the court’s time

“Up in da club like dirk nowitzki” – lil b the base god

Is this the winning we were promised? Losing every lawsuit?

Wait how many newspapers and media outlets has this lunatic sued?

I love this for him. Can’t wait for the suit against The Atlantic to be dismissed as well.

It cannot be cheap for Krash to bring such a lawsuit. How will he pay for it?

Didn’t he voluntarily post those pictures of him chugging beer at the Olympics?

Court: Mr Patel, you are suing for defamation that you frequented nightclubs?

Patel: Correct.

Court: Did you frequent nightclubs?

Patel: Yes.

Feels like the head of the FBI probably shouldn’t be a party in multiple lawsuits. Of course, neither should a president…

As we in the business of lawsuits say: Doink.

This lawsuit was dismissed on the defendant’s motion claiming that the facts alleged by Patel, even if proven, do not rise to the level of actionable defamation. A motion to dismiss “for failure to state a claim” is one of the fastest ways a defendant can get out of a lawsuit without having to take any depositions or have any witnesses appear in court. It’s all done on paper and will look very attractive to a person footing his own legal bills.

The lawsuit against The Atlantic may meet the same fate, but maybe not. Without having read the complaint itself, but being generally aware of the story The Atlantic ran and the nature of Patel’s claims, my guess is that if this case is dismissed before trial it will be on account of Patel being forced to hand over the receipts on every detail of his life that concerns his drinking. I think that will make him run to court and dismiss the case on his own without waiting for The Atlantic to make any motion at all. I wonder whether The Atlantic might prefer it that way.

Guy lives for New Years Eve, slicks his hair back, sloppy steaks at Tuffolis.

Be more of a little bitch, Kash. You can’t.