Kash Patel says MS NOW constantly tells lies about the FBI after its Russia report
Kash PatelDirector of the FBI
Patel says MS NOW reported he had landed in Russia for meetings with the FSB, accuses the outlet of telling lies about the FBI and says it owes an apology.
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Kash Patel landed in Russia on October 14, 2026, for a meeting scheduled to take place there.
“MS NOW just reported I had "landed in Russia" for meetings with the FSB. The same outlet constantly tells lies about this FBI and law enforcement's historic achievements in safeguarding the American people.”
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Raskin and Himes urge Kash Patel to call off a reported Russia trip; MS NOW corrects a report that he had landed there
POLITICO reported in July 2026 that FBI Director Kash Patel planned to visit Moscow and St. Petersburg on October 14 and 15, likely hosted by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). On October 9, Reps. Jamie Raskin and Jim Himes, the top Democrats on the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees, released a letter asking Patel to call off the trip, citing the FSB's record of espionage against U.S. officials. On October 14, MS NOW reported that Patel had landed in Russia. The FBI posted video of Patel at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and MS NOW corrected its report on air that afternoon, saying the timing of any potential trip remains unclear.
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Post by Patel on X responding to MS NOW's report that he had landed in Russia for meetings with the FSB. It lists FBI arrest and seizure figures and says the outlet owes an apology to the FBI, law enforcement and the American people.
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Newsweek report published October 14, 2026, on MS NOW's retraction of its report that Patel had landed in Russia. It quotes the FBI Rapid Response account, Ken Dilanian's correction, Patel's post on X, the Raskin and Himes letter, and Raskin's remark on MS NOW the day before that Patel may have called off the trip.
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The FBI's Rapid Response account had shared images of Patel at Liberty University alongside the MS NOW report that he had landed in Russia.
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The post lists FBI figures, including more than 53,969 violent crime arrests, and says MS NOW owes an apology to the FBI, to the men and women of law enforcement and to the American people.
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MS NOW reported that Patel had landed in Russia. Patel calls the outlet's reporting lies and says it owes an apology, rejecting the report, so we used denies.
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Read the full caseFBI says Patel was at Liberty University, not in Russia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
“Here's where Kash Patel actually is... Liberty U, doing a law enforcement appreciation event”Read statement
In a letter with Jamie Raskin, Jim Himes says Patel could be traveling to Russia in furtherance of its campaign against American democracy
“We are troubled that you could be traveling to Russia, not only out of apparent ignorance of its malign intentions, but in furtherance of its longstanding campaign to undermine American democracy.”Read statement
Jamie Raskin asks Kash Patel to call off his reported Russia trip
“In the interest of national security, we ask you to reconsider. Call off this trip.”Read statement
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