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Kash Patel Is 0 for 2 on Defamation Suits and About to Go 0 for 3
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- Hawk Podcasts
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- Jul 30, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 606
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Summary
FBI Director Kash Patel has filed at least six defamation lawsuits against media outlets and commentators, and Hawk, a trial attorney, walks through why they keep failing. A federal judge has now dismissed Patel's suit against anti-disinformation blogger Jim Stewartson, ruling the court lacked personal jurisdiction because Stewartson lives in California and was sued in Nevada. Hawk explains what personal jurisdiction means and why a former line prosecutor should have seen the problem coming.