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More than six prosecutors have been demoted or left the Eastern District of Virginia due to fallout from the DOJ’s push to prosecute former FBI director James Comey, leaving the office understaffed and disrupting major cases.
FBI Director Kash Patel filed a federal defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic and staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick, alleging a magazine piece accusing him of excessive drinking and unexplained absences was a sweeping, malicious hit piece intended to damage his reputation; The Atlantic says it stands by its reporting.
FBI agents searched Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters and the home of its superintendent Alberto Carvalho, plus a Florida address, as part of a continuing investigation; the bureau did not immediately disclose what was being sought.
The FBI is examining the death of Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay and the recovery doctor who supplied him prescription pain pills and ketamine in the final months of his life, according to The Washington Post. Irsay, who battled addiction, died in May at age 65; the Post report indicates opioids and ketamine were part of his treatment from a California doctor.