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In reply to the discussion: Kash Patel advisor Erica Knight says a "lawsuit is being filed" over The Atlantic's article about KP's drinking [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
(70,216 posts)20. Hiring Jesse Binnall is like hanging a giant sign around your neck saying "I'm about to file a .. vexatious SLAPP suit."
Reposted by Strait of Popehat Or Iran Or Whatever
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Mike Masnick
@masnick.com
Hiring Jesse Binnall is like hanging a giant sign around your neck saying "I'm about to file a ridiculously weak vexatious SLAPP suit."
Joe Patrice
@joepatrice.bsky.social
· 9h
If Kash Patel wanted to scare The Atlantic into not publishing this story he should’ve hired a different lawyer. Hiring a Big Lie lawyer just sends the signal that you can’t convince a non-partisan lawyer to take your claims seriously.
Tweet: Jesse R. Binnall * @jbinnall • 12h
X
This is the letter we sent to The Atlantic and Sarah Fitzpatrick BEFORE they published their hit piece on FBI Director @FBIDirectorKash. They were on notice that the claims were categorically false and defamatory. They published anyway.
See you in court.
ALT
11:56 AM · Apr 18, 2026
@masnick.com
Hiring Jesse Binnall is like hanging a giant sign around your neck saying "I'm about to file a ridiculously weak vexatious SLAPP suit."
Joe Patrice
@joepatrice.bsky.social
· 9h
If Kash Patel wanted to scare The Atlantic into not publishing this story he should’ve hired a different lawyer. Hiring a Big Lie lawyer just sends the signal that you can’t convince a non-partisan lawyer to take your claims seriously.
Tweet: Jesse R. Binnall * @jbinnall • 12h
X
This is the letter we sent to The Atlantic and Sarah Fitzpatrick BEFORE they published their hit piece on FBI Director @FBIDirectorKash. They were on notice that the claims were categorically false and defamatory. They published anyway.
See you in court.
ALT
11:56 AM · Apr 18, 2026
Hiring Jesse Binnall is like hanging a giant sign around your neck saying "I'm about to file a ridiculously weak vexatious SLAPP suit."
— Mike Masnick (@masnick.com) 2026-04-18T15:56:54.465Z
Joe Patrice
@joepatrice.bsky.social
If Kash Patel wanted to scare The Atlantic into not publishing this story he should’ve hired a different lawyer. Hiring a Big Lie lawyer just sends the signal that you can’t convince a non-partisan lawyer to take your claims seriously.
Tweet: Jesse R. Binnall * @jbinnall • 12h
X
This is the letter we sent to The Atlantic and Sarah Fitzpatrick BEFORE they published their hit piece on FBI Director @FBIDirectorKash. They were on notice that the claims were categorically false and defamatory. They published anyway.
See you in court.
ALT
8:17 AM · Apr 18, 2026
@joepatrice.bsky.social
If Kash Patel wanted to scare The Atlantic into not publishing this story he should’ve hired a different lawyer. Hiring a Big Lie lawyer just sends the signal that you can’t convince a non-partisan lawyer to take your claims seriously.
Tweet: Jesse R. Binnall * @jbinnall • 12h
X
This is the letter we sent to The Atlantic and Sarah Fitzpatrick BEFORE they published their hit piece on FBI Director @FBIDirectorKash. They were on notice that the claims were categorically false and defamatory. They published anyway.
See you in court.
ALT
8:17 AM · Apr 18, 2026
If Kash Patel wanted to scare The Atlantic into not publishing this story he should’ve hired a different lawyer. Hiring a Big Lie lawyer just sends the signal that you can’t convince a non-partisan lawyer to take your claims seriously.
— Joe Patrice (@joepatrice.bsky.social) 2026-04-18T12:17:39.165Z
Strait of Popehat Or Iran Or Whatever
@kenwhite.bsky.social
Oh come on Joe. Jesse Binnall’s “honors” page shows he’s been a Rising Star AND a Super Lawyer!
Joe Patrice
@joepatrice.bsky.social
· 9h
If Kash Patel wanted to scare The Atlantic into not publishing this story he should’ve hired a different lawyer. Hiring a Big Lie lawyer just sends the signal that you can’t convince a non-partisan lawyer to take your claims seriously.
Tweet: Jesse R. Binnall * @jbinnall • 12h
X
This is the letter we sent to The Atlantic and Sarah Fitzpatrick BEFORE they published their hit piece on FBI Director @FBIDirectorKash. They were on notice that the claims were categorically false and defamatory. They published anyway.
See you in court.
ALT
12:02 PM · Apr 18, 2026
@kenwhite.bsky.social
Oh come on Joe. Jesse Binnall’s “honors” page shows he’s been a Rising Star AND a Super Lawyer!
Joe Patrice
@joepatrice.bsky.social
· 9h
If Kash Patel wanted to scare The Atlantic into not publishing this story he should’ve hired a different lawyer. Hiring a Big Lie lawyer just sends the signal that you can’t convince a non-partisan lawyer to take your claims seriously.
Tweet: Jesse R. Binnall * @jbinnall • 12h
X
This is the letter we sent to The Atlantic and Sarah Fitzpatrick BEFORE they published their hit piece on FBI Director @FBIDirectorKash. They were on notice that the claims were categorically false and defamatory. They published anyway.
See you in court.
ALT
12:02 PM · Apr 18, 2026
Oh come on Joe. Jesse Binnall’s “honors†page shows he’s been a Rising Star AND a Super Lawyer!
— Strait of Popehat Or Iran Or Whatever (@kenwhite.bsky.social) 2026-04-18T16:02:39.811Z
mjk4mj.bsky.social
@mjk4mj.bsky.social
Binnall was a lawyer for at least one of Devin Nunes' lawsuits.
Nunes is scum. Trump is scum. Binnall can go fuck himself.
2019: www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2019/mcclatchy-could-hire-10-reporters-for-the-money-it-will-spend-to-get-devin-nunes-lawsuit-dismissed/
McClatchy could hire 10 reporters for the money it will spend to get Devin Nunes lawsuit dismissed - Poynter
From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their car...
www.poynter.org
3:51 PM · Apr 18, 2026
@mjk4mj.bsky.social
Binnall was a lawyer for at least one of Devin Nunes' lawsuits.
Nunes is scum. Trump is scum. Binnall can go fuck himself.
2019: www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2019/mcclatchy-could-hire-10-reporters-for-the-money-it-will-spend-to-get-devin-nunes-lawsuit-dismissed/
McClatchy could hire 10 reporters for the money it will spend to get Devin Nunes lawsuit dismissed - Poynter
From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their car...
www.poynter.org
3:51 PM · Apr 18, 2026
Binnall was a lawyer for at least one of Devin Nunes' lawsuits.
— (@mjk4mj.bsky.social) 2026-04-18T19:51:54.975Z
Nunes is scum. Trump is scum. Binnall can go fuck himself.
2019: www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2019/mcclatchy-could-hire-10-reporters-for-the-money-it-will-spend-to-get-devin-nunes-lawsuit-dismissed/
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Kash Patel advisor Erica Knight says a "lawsuit is being filed" over The Atlantic's article about KP's drinking [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
19 hrs ago
OP
Sarah Fitzpatrick on with Psaki about being sued, "We have very good lawyers and I stand behind every word.
Botany
19 hrs ago
#2
the trump administration has been pretty much above the law since they have been in office. he
mucifer
18 hrs ago
#6
Loyalty to Trump, which is really all he cares about, and intelligence aren't correlated.
paleotn
16 hrs ago
#11
The only way Kash can save himself with Trump is by playing the press victim
Prairie Gates
17 hrs ago
#8
KA$$H to a real lawyer: I want to sue the Atlantic Magazine and one of its writers about an article about ....
Botany
16 hrs ago
#15
Wayne Gretzky, is rumored in Canada to always be drunk, is Kash Patels drinking buddy.
Swede
9 hrs ago
#19
Hiring Jesse Binnall is like hanging a giant sign around your neck saying "I'm about to file a .. vexatious SLAPP suit."
mahatmakanejeeves
8 hrs ago
#20