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00:02A Houston federal judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by FBI Director Cash Patel
00:07against former FBI official Frank Figluzzi over comments made on MSNBC in May 2025.
00:14Patel alleged that Figluzzi defamed him by claiming he spent more time at nightclubs
00:18than at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.
00:21U.S. District Court Judge George Hanks Jr. ruled the statement was rhetorical hyperbole
00:26and could not support a defamation claim.
00:30The court said a reasonable person would not interpret the remark as factual.
00:33The ruling came one day after Patel filed a separate $250 million defamation lawsuit
00:39against the Atlantic over an article alleging alcohol abuse.
00:43Figluzzi's attorney called the decision a victory for press freedom in the First Amendment.
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