· 45 comments · Save ·
News & Current Events Apr 23, 2026 at 12:15 PM

Judge tosses Kash Patel's defamation suit against former MSNBC contributor

Posted by jeetah

Judge tosses Kash Patel's defamation suit against former MSNBC contributor Frank Figliuzzi
NBC News
Judge tosses Kash Patel's defamation suit against former MSNBC contributor Frank Figliuzzi
The judge said that Frank Figliuzzi's statement, "when taken in context, cannot have been perceived by a person of ordinary intelligence as stating actual facts about Patel."
🚩 Report this post

45 Comments

Sign in to comment — or just click the box below.
🔒 Your email is never shown publicly.
Kursiel Apr 23, 2026 +570
I was looking forward to discovery before this was tossed out. That would have been an embarrassing mess that would have certainly lost him his job.
570
Niceromancer Apr 23, 2026 +336
It's becoming more and more apparent that this admin is purposely filing lawsuits they know will be thrown out so they can clip farm on the news.
336
boyuber Apr 23, 2026 +115
They're called SLAPP lawsuits and they're already illegal. Problem is that nobody is holding any of them to account
115
LumberBitch Apr 23, 2026 +52
It's possible he thought this would go like how Trump's lawsuits go. It's the kind of logic someone boozy, arrogant and stupid would follow. Of course the clip farming is a constant with Ka$h but I can't imagine him wanting a public loss like that. He's kind of low on wins (has he had any??) and big orange is getting sick of his shit. He's high on the list for next shit canning so the last thing he wants is to be a loser in daddy's eyes (I'm going to vomit now) cuz he hates losers (sure knows how to pick em though)
52
schoolbusserman Apr 23, 2026 +8
They also want to scare anyone new from saying bad things about them
8
joelluber Apr 23, 2026 +61
This isn't the case that made the news recently, which is against the Atlantic magazine. 
61
Grave_Knight Apr 23, 2026 +37
I hope that one goes to trial. Just drag all of Patel's dirty laundry out for all to see.
37
goldenbugreaction Apr 23, 2026 +9
Oh, damn. You right. I didn’t even catch that. Which makes it even more arresting how many defamation cases he has going
9
itsatumbleweed Apr 24, 2026 +4
Oh man I thought it was a little fast for that. I hope there is discovery.
4
tabrizzi Apr 23, 2026 +27
The $250 million suit against The Atlantic is still pending, so we still have that opportunity.
27
PigFarmer1 Apr 23, 2026 +17
Nah, we'll never see the discovery process in that case. People in the know are lining up to testify against Patel and he knows it.
17
Bleakwind Apr 23, 2026 +16
You think that would get him fired? No no no.. trump will fire him not for gross misconduct, unbelievable incompetence, or open corruption. Trump will fire him for kissing his ass 2 seconds late.
16
PlantOG Apr 25, 2026 +1
Maybe we get him on the stand. That’s what got Bondi fired. She couldn’t lie well under oath. That embarrassed trump.
1
chewwwybar Apr 23, 2026 +7
FYI this is separate from the newly filed suit against the Atlantic, but outcome will prob the same.
7
Rakastaakissa Apr 24, 2026 +2
That’s exactly what Kash was hoping for too, and hopefully why the judge tossed it beforehand.
2
-Average_Joe- Apr 23, 2026 +2
He may still yet lose his job, he is still making himself look like a fool on TV.
2
Ok-Progress-7447 Apr 23, 2026 +235
In legalese, the judge said “You’d have to be a f****** idiot to think that.” Literally. Legally. A f****** idiot.
235
InformationHorder Apr 23, 2026 +21
Would expect the director of the nation's top law enforcement armed to at least know the basics of how our nation's laws work in cases like that.
21
Sweatytubesock Apr 23, 2026 +210
It’s beer o’clock Ka$h. Drink up.
210
TazManiac7 Apr 23, 2026 +24
He’s like a Chihuahua barking really loud thinking that will scare away the pitbulls. What an embarrassment.
24
rich1051414 Apr 23, 2026 +45
"A person of reasonable intelligence and learning would not have taken his statement literally: that Dir. Patel has actually spent more hours physically in a nightclub than he has spent physically in his office building," The passive aggressiveness of that judge, lol.
45
Tibbaryllis2 Apr 24, 2026 +4
Change that to, “spent more hours physically in a nightclub than he has spent physically in his office **while conscious**.” And suddenly I’m less sure if I’m suppose to take it literally or figuratively…
4
jimtow28 Apr 23, 2026 +56
> when taken in context, cannot have been perceived by a person of ordinary intelligence as stating actual facts about Patel. Ah, that makes sense. No wonder Patel was having so much trouble understanding it.
56
Reztots Apr 23, 2026 +97
Womp womp. Go fry your liver about it.
97
Mikestopheles Apr 23, 2026 +11
Ok I will
11
crackrabbit012 Apr 23, 2026 +7
I too like to teach my liver who's boss
7
WhosAGoodDoug Apr 24, 2026 +11
""A person of reasonable intelligence and learning would not have taken his statement literally," wrote the judge, which is not to say that Patel didn't take it literally.
11
Room_Temp_Coffee Apr 23, 2026 +26
Dumbass thought he was Trump.
26
Kazman07 Apr 24, 2026 +6
The whole "of ordinary-intelligence" basically rules out MAGA followers. They MAYBE have the combined IQ of a dead cockroach.
6
apatheticempath654 Apr 23, 2026 +7
This is separate from his lawsuit against The Atlantic that’s been in the news recently.
7
PigFarmer1 Apr 23, 2026 +11
I predict that Patel will drop the Atlantic suit given that the author says she's getting more and more corroborating testaments since the story was published. Oh, and the story itself was more than damning enough. Ol' Kash is not going to allow the case to reach the discovery process... lol
11
Tibbaryllis2 Apr 24, 2026 +3
If he drops it, or it gets tossed, the author needs to play the uno reverse and sue him for defamation for insinuating they reported falsehoods. For shits and giggle, offer him the out of a public apology and affirmation of the facts of the initial report.
3
eskimobrojc Apr 23, 2026 +17
Not that I am losing sleep over MSNBC's bottom line, but any insights on why the judge would not force Patel to pay the legal feees? Doesn't this just incentivize these suits?
17
Mrjlawrence Apr 23, 2026 +11
Kash heard “toss one back” and thought the judge was meeting him for happy hour
11
Additional_Quiet2600 Apr 23, 2026 +10
Kashapp cancelled his subscription. He's an attorney and I have no idea what he is thinking filing against the Atlantic given this. He's going to get demolished in discovery, the Atlantic isn't some weird offbase online rag. They have a long track record and teams of attorneys that look at that they publish when it is sensitive. He should know this but hubris is a crazy thing.
10
PorygonTriAttack Apr 23, 2026 +7
I think he's an attorney who has zero experience working in the field. He's probably worse than a paralegal with 1+ years. That's not to demean the paralegals. It's an embarrassment that he's an attorney. Attorneys have a higher responsibility and this guy is incompetent. He thinks defamation is about tossing stuff he doesn't want to hear. This guy has been sniffing too much Trump glue.
7
Additional_Quiet2600 Apr 23, 2026 +10
He thinks he's Trump. My estimation is it isn't just booze and rumors from Vegas clubs support that.
10
AllMikesNoAlphas Apr 24, 2026 +4
Anyone know where I can buy puts on the number of days Kash has left as director of the FBI?
4
SeaWitch1031 Apr 24, 2026 +3
Oh I hope his lawsuit against The Atlantic for reporting how drunk he is all the time does not get dismissed. The discovery alone will be amazing.
3
MichaelHunt009 Apr 23, 2026 +8
How damn drunk would you need to be to get called out instead of Kegsbreath?
8
General-Priority-479 Apr 24, 2026 +3
Major Pisshead has got it down.
3
_pinklemonade_ Apr 24, 2026 +2
This admin was selected based on how well the public would be rage baited by them
2
Dairy_Ashford Apr 23, 2026 +4
you take a shot at Frankie Figs, ya betta not miss
4
FartyFartsMD Apr 24, 2026 +1
Kash is looking both ways to sue the judge for calling him an idiot.
1
hiro24 Apr 24, 2026 +2
When things like this happen, do the victims have legal recourse to recoup financial hardship from having to lawyer up?
2
← Back to Board