{"id":598776,"date":"2026-05-09T11:52:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T11:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=598776"},"modified":"2026-05-09T11:52:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T11:52:19","slug":"matter-does-not-exist-fbi-answers-reporters-claim-shes-being-investigated-over-kash-patel-hit-piece-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=598776","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Matter does not exist\u2019: FBI answers reporter\u2019s claim she\u2019s being investigated over Kash Patel hit piece"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) denied a report that it was investigating the reporter behind a scurrilous hit piece about FBI Director Kash Patel.<\/p>\n

The piece by The Atlantic\u2019s Sarah Fitzpatrick titled \u201cThe FBI Director Is MIA\u201d depicted the FBI boss as a paranoid drunk who drinks \u201cto the point of obvious intoxication\u201d and that meetings have had to be rescheduled \u201cas a result of his alcohol-fueled nights,\u201d citing the standard anonymous sources in \u201csix current and former officials and others familiar with Patel\u2019s schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patel not only vehemently denied<\/a> the Jeffrey Goldberg-helmed outlet\u2019s sleazy besmirching of his character but filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic. And according<\/a> to MS NOW, the FBI has \u201claunched a criminal leak investigation focusing on an Atlantic magazine journalist who wrote a deeply unflattering account last month of Director Kash Patel\u2019s work habits.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Exclusive with @carolleonnig<\/a>: Sources tell us the FBI is investigating a journalist in an effort to find her sources for a critical article about Kash Patel https:\/\/t.co\/dwrIzw7hSo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ken Dilanian (@KDilanianMSNOW) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

MS NOW\u2019s report cites more unnamed sources in a blatant effort to shape the narrative and portray Fitzpatrick as a victim, just a heroic truth teller who is facing government retaliation for doing her job and not one of the unscrupulous smear merchants who have turned journalism into a dirty word.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sources said the so-called insider threat investigation is highly unusual because it did not stem from a disclosure of classified information and because it is focused on leaks to a reporter. The agents involved are part of an insider threats unit based in Huntsville, Alabama, the sources added,\u201d according to the outlet.<\/p>\n

\u201cTypically, leak investigations look into government officials who may have disclosed state secrets or classified documents. Journalists who receive and publish such information have typically only been involved as potential witnesses,\u201d the report stated.<\/p>\n

MSNBC may have changed its name, but the left-wing propaganda factory\u2019s content is as suspect as it has always been, and the FBI reacted to the \u201cbombshell\u201d by calling it out as bunk.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no criminal leak investigation focused on Sarah Fitzpatrick or her reporting,\u201d FBI Assistant Director for Public Affairs Ben Williamson said in a statement. \u201cThere is no national security investigation focused on @S_Fitzpatrick or her reporting. There are no agents assigned to any such matter because the matter does not exist.\u201d<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: @FBI<\/a> on-the-record statement @TheAtlantic<\/a> via Spokesman Ben Williamson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no criminal leak investigation focused on Sarah Fitzpatrick or her reporting.<\/p>\n

There is no national security investigation focused on @S_Fitzpatrick<\/a> or her reporting.<\/p>\n

There are no\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) May 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe journalist is not being investigated \u2014 false. Every time there\u2019s a publication of false claims by anonymous sources that gets called out, the media plays the victim via investigations that do not exist,\u201d Williamson previously said of the wild allegation.<\/p>\n

The first giveaway that the piece was oozing with problems should have been its byline: Ken Dilanian, a serial spreader of hoaxes, including the Russigate scam. But the lying media ran with it anyway.<\/p>\n

Then there is Goldberg, The Atlantic\u2019s editor-in-chief, a notorious fabulist who seems to be desperately trying to hide the alleged defamation of Patel behind the First Amendment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf confirmed to be true, an FBI criminal leak investigation targeting our reporter would represent an outrageous attack on the free press and the First Amendment itself. We will defend The Atlantic staff vigorously; we will not be intimidated by illegitimate investigations or other acts of politically motivated retaliation; we will continue to cover the FBI professionally, fairly, and thoroughly; and we will continue to practice journalism in the public interest,\u201d Goldberg said in a statement.<\/p>\n

MS NOW\u2019s dubious report included a similar statement from Williamson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is completely false. No such investigation like this exists and the reporter you mention is not being investigated at all,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cEvery time there\u2019s a publication of false claims by anonymous sources that gets called out, the media plays the victim via investigations that do not exist.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) denied a report that it was investigating the reporter behind a scurrilous hit piece about FBI Director Kash Patel. The piece by The Atlantic\u2019s Sarah Fitzpatrick titled \u201cThe FBI Director Is MIA\u201d depicted the FBI boss as a paranoid drunk who drinks \u201cto the point of obvious intoxication\u201d and… Continue reading \u2018Matter does not exist\u2019: FBI answers reporter\u2019s claim she\u2019s being investigated over Kash Patel hit piece<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":598756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=598776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/598756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=598776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=598776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=598776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}