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Kash Patel advisor Erica Knight says a "lawsuit is being filed" over The Atlantic's article about KP's drinking
That would be this guy:
Strait of Popehat Or Iran Or Whatever
@kenwhite.bsky.social
To be fair if I were Kash Patel I would also drink an enormous amount
7:16 PM · Apr 17, 2026
@kenwhite.bsky.social
To be fair if I were Kash Patel I would also drink an enormous amount
7:16 PM · Apr 17, 2026
To be fair if I were Kash Patel I would also drink an enormous amount
— Strait of Popehat Or Iran Or Whatever (@kenwhite.bsky.social) 2026-04-17T23:16:21.236Z
Reposted by Strait of Popehat Or Iran Or Whatever
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Anna Bower
@annabower.bsky.social
Kash Patel advisor Erica Knight says a “lawsuit is being filed” over The Atlantic’s article alleging that the FBI director’s drinking has been “a recurring source of concern across the government.”
Patel retweeted the post.
t7 FBI Director Kash Patel reposted
Erica Knight • @
_EricaKnight
X.com
The Atlantic published a "bombshell" on Director Patel tonight that every real DC reporter chased, couldn't verify, and passed on.
Here's reality. Since being sworn in, Director Patel has taken a grand total of 17 days off — half as much time off as Comey and Wray — and he spends twice as much time in the office as either of them ever did. The so-called "intoxication incidents" The Atlantic breathlessly reports have happened exactly ZERO times. Under his tenure:
67,000 arrests nationwide. Violent crime arrests up 112%. Murder rate down 20%. 1,800 criminal gangs dismantled. 2,200+ kilos of fentanyl seized
— enough to kill 178 million Americans. 300 human traffickers arrested. 6,200+ missing children recovered. 1,700 online predators arrested — a 490% increase. 8 of the Top Ten Most Wanted captured, double the previous four years combined. 1,000+ agents redeployed from DC bureaucracy back to field offices chasing
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112%. Murder rate down 20%. 1,800 criminal gangs dismantled. 2,200+ kilos of fentanyl seized
— enough to kill 178 million Americans. 300 human traffickers arrested. 6,200+ missing children recovered. 1,700 online predators arrested — a 490% increase. 8 of the Top Ten Most Wanted captured, double the previous four years combined. 1,000+ agents redeployed from DC bureaucracy back to field offices chasing criminals.
The Atlantic's "reporting""? Fabricated stories about "breaching equipment" that was never requested. Intoxication claims with not a single witness willing to put their name on one. A paragraph — I'm not kidding — about the FBI Store not carrying "intimidating enough" merchandise. Every serious DC reporter passed on this. Sarah Fitzpatrick and Jeffrey Goldberg printed it anyway.
Lawsuit is being filed.
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Anna Bower
@annabower.bsky.social
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“Patel’s drinking has been a recurring source of concern across the government. They said that he is known to drink to the point of obvious intoxication….On multiple occasions in the past year, members of his security detail had difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated…”
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Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.
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7:33 PM · Apr 17, 2026
@annabower.bsky.social
Kash Patel advisor Erica Knight says a “lawsuit is being filed” over The Atlantic’s article alleging that the FBI director’s drinking has been “a recurring source of concern across the government.”
Patel retweeted the post.
t7 FBI Director Kash Patel reposted
Erica Knight • @
_EricaKnight
X.com
The Atlantic published a "bombshell" on Director Patel tonight that every real DC reporter chased, couldn't verify, and passed on.
Here's reality. Since being sworn in, Director Patel has taken a grand total of 17 days off — half as much time off as Comey and Wray — and he spends twice as much time in the office as either of them ever did. The so-called "intoxication incidents" The Atlantic breathlessly reports have happened exactly ZERO times. Under his tenure:
67,000 arrests nationwide. Violent crime arrests up 112%. Murder rate down 20%. 1,800 criminal gangs dismantled. 2,200+ kilos of fentanyl seized
— enough to kill 178 million Americans. 300 human traffickers arrested. 6,200+ missing children recovered. 1,700 online predators arrested — a 490% increase. 8 of the Top Ten Most Wanted captured, double the previous four years combined. 1,000+ agents redeployed from DC bureaucracy back to field offices chasing
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112%. Murder rate down 20%. 1,800 criminal gangs dismantled. 2,200+ kilos of fentanyl seized
— enough to kill 178 million Americans. 300 human traffickers arrested. 6,200+ missing children recovered. 1,700 online predators arrested — a 490% increase. 8 of the Top Ten Most Wanted captured, double the previous four years combined. 1,000+ agents redeployed from DC bureaucracy back to field offices chasing criminals.
The Atlantic's "reporting""? Fabricated stories about "breaching equipment" that was never requested. Intoxication claims with not a single witness willing to put their name on one. A paragraph — I'm not kidding — about the FBI Store not carrying "intimidating enough" merchandise. Every serious DC reporter passed on this. Sarah Fitzpatrick and Jeffrey Goldberg printed it anyway.
Lawsuit is being filed.
7:13 PM • 4/17/26 • 6.4K Views
• 20
L7 60
204
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Anna Bower
@annabower.bsky.social
· 12h
👀👀👀
“Patel’s drinking has been a recurring source of concern across the government. They said that he is known to drink to the point of obvious intoxication….On multiple occasions in the past year, members of his security detail had difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated…”
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The Atlantic
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POLITICS
The FBI Director Is MIA
Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.
By Sarah Fitzpatrick
Michael M. Santiago / Getty
APRIL 17, 2026, 6:20 PM ET
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7:33 PM · Apr 17, 2026
Kash Patel advisor Erica Knight says a “lawsuit is being filed†over The Atlantic’s article alleging that the FBI director’s drinking has been “a recurring source of concern across the government.â€
— Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) 2026-04-17T23:32:59.216Z
Patel retweeted the post.
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Discovery should be concurrent with incarceration due to a potential flight risk.
But, I am not a lawyer, so what do I know? 
