FBI Director Kash Patel wins defamation lawsuit against blogger

FBI Director Kash Patel and Foundation One Default judgment their slander case Against a blogger who accused Patel of being a “presence of the Kremlin”, trying to overthrow the US government and planning January 6, 2021, the US Capitol attacked the US Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters.

A total of $ 250,000 compensated and criminal damage against Patel and Kash Foundation, important blogger and podcaster Jim Stewartson On August 5 by Judge Andrew Gordon at the US Regional Court in Las Vegas.

Order first notified Online news site by court observer.

Gordon has not applied to Stewartson’s Stewartson’s social media tasks and other interpretations in the case of a court for a long time in favor of Trump Sadık Patel’s assumed judiciary.

Patel, insults, wounded mistakes and business despise the claims of 10 million dollars in claims requested.

Judge, the case “partially Stewartson and others to prevent insulting” criminal damages were guaranteed, he said.

“Public figures need to be tolerated in the preserved speech and tolerance,” Gordon said. “However, even if it turns to public officials, insults with real evil are not preserved.

“The complaint and movement are sufficiently showing that Stewartson is acting with evil.”

“I never served this case with this case. I learned the decision of the trolls on Twitter last week.”

Another slander complaint against him by Michael Flynn, a former Trump National Security Advisor at the Florida State Court of Florida, aims to scare me, because I carefully informed Patel and Flynn’s participation in the Qanon movement and the participation of his participation for five years on January 6 “.

“A persecution, a meaningless case and both will not take a penny.” He said. “In fact, I plan to continue my own case against them for the campaigns of abuse of me and the legal system that lasted for years.”

FBI said that Patel would have no comment on the decision. CNBC asked his lawyers.

Patel’s lawyers, in a court held in March, after opening the case in June 2023, Stewartson, as a rule, a legal case, “the service of the complaint” survived “said.

Lawyers, Stewartson’ın California’s house in the late October 2023, when a person in his house accepted a copy of the complaint, said they completed the service of the case.

Gordon wrote that Patel’s lawyers have found a good reason to give “the demand for default.”

However, Gordon also said that the movement of Patel’s lawyers “offers inadequate damage or damage to both plaintiffs”.

“Mr. Patel’s image was deeply injured by the slander who accused him of working against the government, corruption and crimes against the government.

“However, the report, ‘Already lost work’ and Mr. Patel’s image, as a result of being a public figure of Mr. Patel, as a result of the numerous non -shooting attacks, how to wounded the humiliating statements itself does not offer an example.”

Judge, “On the contrary, after the defamation statements Mr. Patel, the US Senate was approved as the FBI Director,” he wrote.

He continued: “Obviously his reputation was not significant to a significant extent from slander.”

Gordon, Patel’s Foundation “hardly any concrete damage or damage has not suffered,” he said.

Judge, “All slander expressions were directed to Mr. Patel individually.” He said.

However, Gordon said in the case that both compensating and criminal damages were guaranteed.

The judge said, “Stewartson’s statements were insulting and caused the default damages.”

“The fact that a public figure is trying to overthrow the government, planned the uprising of January 6, ‘the presence of the Kremlin’ and people paid money to lie to people [C]Ongress’ … Personally and professionally gives real injuries, “the judge wrote.

The judge caused 100,000 dollars and punishing damage to Patel.

He claimed that at least seven donors stopped giving to the group in the same amount of criminal damages, after accepting the Foundation as a 25,000 dollars and a reasonable estimation in compensating damage.