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Johan's avatar

The filing is not a legal strategy, it is a press release with a docket number, designed to signal grievance to the president who hired him.

He sued because he could not ignore the piece and could not laugh it off, and now the lawsuit is the better story.

Johan 🐌

Peter Nicoll's avatar

Many bars have video cams so that they can protect themselves against various claims. Perhaps discovery would reveal the giddier side of Patel. Much like the celebration in Milan...

Greg Bee's avatar
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Fantastic piece as well as excellent work by The Atlantic, of which I'm a proud subscriber.

It's interesting when non-Trumps like Kash try and Trump their way out of their messes. Good luck, party boy.

Patricia Ebert's avatar

BRAVO 👏👏👏👏👏

Rebecca Warner's avatar

Really good article, thanks Lisa.

macwithhisbooks's avatar

Kash Patel has now invoked the Streisand Effect so everybody knows about the "breaching equipment" and the computer log-in freak out.

Chugging beers with the Olympic hockey team had already been widely shared.

Discovery would make it worse. Standing by for trump's verdict.

"Is Kash a good boy?"

CE's avatar

Drunken Clown Patel embarrassed the United States on the world stage acting the frat-boy at the Olympics(where he was supposedly “on the job”….) I won’t be surprised if there’s lots of actual footage of his behavior, and lots of folks willing to attest to it…..

Thomas Locatell's avatar

If there isn't a Greek or Latin named constellation that means collection of fools, there ought to be. I'd settle for similar phases from either language. I'll start looking in the DSM-5.

Koko in AZ's avatar

The lawsuit will probably have the unintended effect of making the accusations remain in the public eye longer than the original article did. It may also expose the allegations to MAGAs who hadn't heard of it before. Seems like a dumb move.

noeire's avatar

"Patel didn't file this...." -- key para. When we see office holders and public figures conduct themselves in a kp [ or djt ] manner, it makes us wonder how the country has ever actually functioned. This is pre-school behavior or domestic abusers at large.