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.
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Niceromancer2 days ago
+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.
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boyuber1 day ago
+115
They're called SLAPP lawsuits and they're already illegal.
Problem is that nobody is holding any of them to account
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LumberBitch2 days ago
+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)
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schoolbusserman1 day ago
+8
They also want to scare anyone new from saying bad things about them
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joelluber2 days ago
+61
This isn't the case that made the news recently, which is against the Atlantic magazine.
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Grave_Knight2 days ago
+37
I hope that one goes to trial. Just drag all of Patel's dirty laundry out for all to see.
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goldenbugreaction2 days ago
+9
Oh, damn. You right. I didn’t even catch that. Which makes it even more arresting how many defamation cases he has going
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itsatumbleweed1 day ago
+4
Oh man I thought it was a little fast for that.
I hope there is discovery.
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tabrizzi2 days ago
+27
The $250 million suit against The Atlantic is still pending, so we still have that opportunity.
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PigFarmer11 day ago
+17
Nah, we'll never see the discovery process in that case. People in the know are lining up to testify against Patel and he knows it.
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Bleakwind2 days ago
+16
You think that would get him fired?
No no no.. trump will fire him not for gross misconduct, unbelievable incompetence, or open corruption.
Trump will fire him for kissing his ass 2 seconds late.
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PlantOG13 hr ago
+1
Maybe we get him on the stand. That’s what got Bondi fired. She couldn’t lie well under oath. That embarrassed trump.
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chewwwybar2 days ago
+7
FYI this is separate from the newly filed suit against the Atlantic, but outcome will prob the same.
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Rakastaakissa1 day ago
+2
That’s exactly what Kash was hoping for too, and hopefully why the judge tossed it beforehand.
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-Average_Joe-1 day ago
+2
He may still yet lose his job, he is still making himself look like a fool on TV.
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Ok-Progress-74472 days ago
+235
In legalese, the judge said “You’d have to be a f****** idiot to think that.”
Literally.
Legally.
A f****** idiot.
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InformationHorder1 day ago
+21
Would expect the director of the nation's top law enforcement armed to at least know the basics of how our nation's laws work in cases like that.
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Sweatytubesock2 days ago
+210
It’s beer o’clock Ka$h. Drink up.
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TazManiac72 days ago
+24
He’s like a Chihuahua barking really loud thinking that will scare away the pitbulls. What an embarrassment.
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rich10514141 day ago
+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.
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Tibbaryllis21 day ago
+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…
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jimtow282 days ago
+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.
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Reztots2 days ago
+97
Womp womp. Go fry your liver about it.
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Mikestopheles2 days ago
+11
Ok I will
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crackrabbit0121 day ago
+7
I too like to teach my liver who's boss
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WhosAGoodDoug1 day ago
+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.
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Room_Temp_Coffee2 days ago
+26
Dumbass thought he was Trump.
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Kazman071 day ago
+6
The whole "of ordinary-intelligence" basically rules out MAGA followers. They MAYBE have the combined IQ of a dead cockroach.
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apatheticempath6541 day ago
+7
This is separate from his lawsuit against The Atlantic that’s been in the news recently.
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PigFarmer11 day ago
+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
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Tibbaryllis21 day ago
+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.
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eskimobrojc2 days ago
+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?
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Mrjlawrence2 days ago
+11
Kash heard “toss one back” and thought the judge was meeting him for happy hour
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Additional_Quiet26002 days ago
+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.
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PorygonTriAttack2 days ago
+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.
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Additional_Quiet26002 days ago
+10
He thinks he's Trump. My estimation is it isn't just booze and rumors from Vegas clubs support that.
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AllMikesNoAlphas1 day ago
+4
Anyone know where I can buy puts on the number of days Kash has left as director of the FBI?
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SeaWitch10311 day ago
+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.
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MichaelHunt0091 day ago
+8
How damn drunk would you need to be to get called out instead of Kegsbreath?
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General-Priority-4791 day ago
+3
Major Pisshead has got it down.
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_pinklemonade_1 day ago
+2
This admin was selected based on how well the public would be rage baited by them
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Dairy_Ashford1 day ago
+4
you take a shot at Frankie Figs, ya betta not miss
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FartyFartsMD1 day ago
+1
Kash is looking both ways to sue the judge for calling him an idiot.
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hiro2421 hr ago
+2
When things like this happen, do the victims have legal recourse to recoup financial hardship from having to lawyer up?
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