Is that 250 million lawsuit he just filed?
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The judge ruled that the MSNBC pundit was using hyperbole when he said Patel has "been visible at nightclubs" far more than at the FBI building.Kash Patel filed a $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic, he has lost a different A day after FBI Director defamation claim, against news analyst and pundit Frank Figliuzzi.
U.S. District Judge George Hanks Jr. dismissed Patel’s lawsuit against Figliuzzi, former assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI, who has been an analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.
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”Hanks wrote, “A person of reasonable intelligence and learning would not have taken his statement literally: that Dir. Patel has actually spent more hours physically in a nightclub than he has spent physically in his office building. By saying that Patel spent ‘far more’ time at nightclubs than his office, Figliuzzi delivered his answer ‘in an exaggerated, provocative and amusing way,’ employing rhetorical hyperbole.”The judge wrote that because he found that the statement was “rhetorical hyperbole,” it cannot be considered defamation.
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Poor patel, he'll be drinking heavily mourning his loss.
We should all do our part and send him bottles of the cheapest possible alcohol.
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Suck it, J Edgar Boozer!
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That's extremely interesting, OP, screenshots to reread later. Thanks for posting.
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Tell Kashyap to shut his yap pack his bags and take Trump with him. New low for FBI
Oh look, yet another fascist getting his ass handed to him in court.
In conclusion: lemmy.world apparently thinks it is a very big and important player in the online world, and may or may not be monetizing our posts to it.
What? You must not understand that everything above this is about lemmy.world not wanting to get sued for hosting copyright content because a poster like yourself doesn't understand how things work.
Also your SLAPP wordplay is wrong:
The judge, though, ruled that Figliuzzi was unable to recover attorneys fees and costs under Texas’ anti-SLAPP law.
That was quick
Fuck .world
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