FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against the Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick on Monday after the magazine reported that he had a drinking problem that could threaten national security, in addition to allegations that he had been difficult to find on different occasions.

The 19-page lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, targets a Friday article that cited more than two dozen anonymous sources raising concerns about Patel’s “conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences,” which it said had alarmed officials at the FBI and Justice Department.