FBI investigating leaks to journalist who wrote explosive article on Kash Pate

JumpCrisscross 49 points 26 comments May 06, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (12 comments)

gnabgib

You seem to have lost a trailing 'l' from the title.. unless this is about Pâté? FBI investigating leaks to journalist who wrote explosive article on Kash Patel

aftbit

This is par for the course with this justice department. After ICE agents killed Renee Good, rather than investigating her death, they chose to investigate her partner for anti-government sentiments instead. If someone points out their wrongdoing, rather than take it seriously and work to purge their organization of corruption, they maliciously attack the people who pointed it out.

JSR_FDED

Massive amount of slowly boiling frog going on here. Freedom of the press? What a quaint notion. Reminiscent of the time when people used to believe in the constitution. Remember those days?

nekusar

He's J Edgar Boozer, and he's the head of the Federal Bureau of Intoxication.

KumaBear

So instead of letting the story die. (Which it had). He decided to go full throttle and verify the information as factual. Egos never learn.

jmclnx

Lets hope the journalist sues the FBI and all the crap comes out in open court.

ungreased0675

> FBI spokesperson Ben Williamson denied the investigation to MS NOW, saying, “This is completely false. No such investigation like this exists and the reporter you mention is not being investigated at all. That sets up two binary possibilities, somewhat unusual for a story like this.

OutOfHere

The man has too many vices.

copper-float

This is an incredibly left wing news source. Maybe we can try for something a little more neutral next time.

tastyface

More on the fascist beat: "FBI raids office of Dem state lawmaker in Virginia who led redistricting efforts" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/06/louise-lucas-fbi-vi...

cosmicgadget

So The Atlantic will have a list of witnesses. Awesome.

whatthesmack

This article is from a heavily anti-Kash, anti-Trump, left-wing news organization with no verifiable source. The entire thing is made up. Prove me wrong. Also, why is this on HN?

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