The Atlantic reported that FBI personnel have expressed concerns about the director’s unexplained absences and excessive drinking. He sued a few days later.

FBI Director Kash Patel, last seen by much of the public partying with the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team after it won the gold in February, has struggled badly for much of his tenure. But The Atlantic cast Patel’s troubles in a new light with a brutal new report on Friday, alleging that FBI personnel have expressed concerns about the director’s unexplained absences and excessive drinking, which have alarmed colleagues and his security detail.

It reached the point that some within the bureau have worried that the former podcast personality’s personal behavior “has become a threat to public safety.”

The same report, which has not been independently verified by MS NOW, added that Patel’s erratic behavior at the FBI could cost him his job and that he’s “deeply concerned that his job is in jeopardy.”

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    Funny how they just pull obscenely big numbers out of their asses for these lawsuits. We’re bordering on made-up large number names. I keep expecting someone in this administration to sue a newspaper for “100 bazillion kazilion”.

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    Why is he underselling himself? PEDOnald sued the WSJ for 10 billion over correct information being published.

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    KASH PATEL: The results speak for the themselves. If the fake news mafia isn’t hitting you personally w/baseless information, then you’re not doing your job.

    The only people who might be able to learn a lesson from this, is the Hasan piker fanboys who use that same logic.

    Lots of other people fall for it, and are beyond help, but there’s a logical chance most of his current fans can realize he’s grifting but that there are authentic people on the left to support