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Federal judge tosses Kash Patel's defamation suit, calls ex-FBI official's nightclub remark 'rhetorical hyperbole'

April 23, 2026
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A Houston federal judge on Tuesday dismissed FBI Director Kash Patel's defamation lawsuit against former FBI counterintelligence chief Frank Figliuzzi, ruling that Figliuzzi's televised claim that Patel spent more time in nightclubs than at bureau headquarters was protected speech, not a statement of fact. U.S. District Judge George Hanks Jr. found that Figliuzzi's remark, made [] The post Federal judge tosses Kash Patel's defamation suit, calls ex-FBI official's nightclub remark 'rhetorical hyperbole' appeared first on Conservative Institute.

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