FBI Director Kash Patel files $250M defamation lawsuit after Atlantic story claims he’s an absent excessive drinker

Bombshell allegations about the FBI director in the Atlantic has landed the magazine in hot water as Kash Patel files a shocking $250 million defamation lawsuit after a report in the outlet alleged the director had quote, “bouts of excessive drinking” and a number of quote, “unexplained absences.” What are the wild claims about Patel in The Atlantic? And how is he responding? Here’s what you need to know.