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followup via an interview with theAtlantic author :
she has been overwhelmed by a deluge of corroborating AND new first-hand accounts regarding kash patel.
at this point, not only will theAtlantic mock the lawsuit, but material for another story seems probable.
theAtlantic will be racing a dismissal of patel from trump himself. ironically, patel is most likely to become hysterical in a face-to-face firing, unlike with trump's former female employees.
retainer fees are easy pickings for Binall Law.
so much for the trump 2.0 thesis that firings before midterms sends the wrong message to gop voters.
the mental illness is such that there is no possible wrong message, only insincere opportunism. (right tucker? mtg?)
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Awesome. The funnest thing about the lawsuit is the defendants will have to identify their sources during discovery, except that conflicts with any applicable journalist shield law. The problem for the Atlantic is they may not be able to release the identity of their sources, therefore, they will have a difficult time proving they acted without actual malice, the NY times v. Sullivan standard. How do the defendants prove they had credible sources if they can't identify their sources due to shield laws? An interesting dilemma.
Also, according to Patel, his lawyers only had like two hours to respond to a bunch of allegations before publication, which is not enough time by any means. That suggests that the Atlantic was going for the sensational and not acting in good faith.
This is going to end up either getting dismissed on first amendment grounds on a preliminary motion to dismiss, or perhaps some other legal grounds for early dismissal; or, it will have to settle. A defendant like the Atlantic and the journalist(s) involved cannot afford to go to trial after full discovery. It is without any question that when Patel's attorneys rummage through all the Atlantic's emails, text messages, and so forth, the contempt and hatred for Trump and Patel will be blazingly obvious. Not anything that will make it worth risking a large jury verdict.
