Conservative Politics Today Kash Patel, the chief of staff to Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, just made his move on CNN and filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against the network.
Patel worked for Devin Nunes and did a lot of work debunking the Trump Russia story. Patelâs attorney, Steven S. Biss wrote:
âCNN attacked Kash and published defamatory falsehoods about him because CNN was deeply invested in promoting the Russia collusion hoax and the fraudulent âdossierâ manufactured by Fusion GPS for the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee⊠CNNâs latest brutal attack on Kashâs reputation in the Articles is a continuation of past smear campaigns to discredit Kash.â
âThe Defendants fabricated the Defamatory Statements and knew, therefore, that the statements were false. They knew that Kash was not the source of a single conspiracy theory and had no connection to any conspiracy theory about Biden,â Biss wrote.
From Fox News:
The complaint filed on Friday in Virginia Circuit Court named CNN reporters Barbara Starr, Zachary Cohen, Ryan Browne, Alex Marquardt and Nicole Gaouette as defendants, in addition to the network itself. It claims CNN âdeliberately or recklessly conveyed a false messageâ to sensationalize the ânewsâ and humiliate Patel.
Patel, who was previously a top aide to Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., and a Trump advisor, claims CNN published a series of articles from Nov. 24 through Dec. 4 penned by the defendants that âcontain a series of false and defamatory statementsâ about him, according to the complaint.
The complaint says defamatory statements in the articles include, âTrump loyalist connected to Biden conspiracy theories is leading Pentagon transition,â âKash Patel, a Trump loyalist, ⊠was connected to efforts to spread conspiracy theories about Joe Biden,â Kash âhas also worked to discredit Special Counsel Robert Muellerâs probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election,â âPentagon blocked Bidenâs intelligence transition team from meeting with agencies,â and âDefense Department transition office ⊠is led by a Trump loyalist connected to efforts to spread conspiracy theories about the President-elect,â among other similar examples.Â
Patelâs legal team said CNN retaliated against him because he helped poke holes in the networkâs narrative that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia before the 2016 election.
CNN did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
