Left-wing nonprofit group Democracy Forward filed a Freedom of Information Act request on Tuesday to find records related to a recent report concerning drinking allegations against FBI Director Kash Patel.

The FOIA request comes days after the Atlantic published an article, citing more than two dozen anonymous sources, about Patel’s alleged drinking problem and how that threatens national security. Patel insisted the story is false and moved to sue the magazine for defamation this week.

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