Wednesday 28 October 2026

Politics · Russia · 13 d ago

FBI denies report that director was in Russia

Updated 13 d ago · First reported 11:57 am ET · 7 outlets

Photo: Washington Examiner

The short version

Summary by teebeenews AI from 7 of 10 articles · written 5:15 pm ET

  • MS NOW reported that FBI Director Kash Patel had landed in Russia for a two-day visit.
  • The FBI denied the report, stating Patel was at Liberty University in Virginia.
  • MS NOW later issued a correction and expressed regret over the false claim.
  • The incident involved an unnamed source or sources cited by MS NOW for the report.

What we don’t know yet

  • The reason for the false report remains unexplained.
  • The nature of the event Patel attended in Virginia is not specified.

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Coverage compared

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No left-leaning outlet has covered this yet.

Centre · 2

Right · 5

How coverage grew

  1. First reported by The Daily Wire FBI Makes Lefty Network Regret Its Kash Patel Scoop

  2. The Straits Times FBI says director Patel in Virginia, not Russia

  3. New York Post Kash Patel is not in Russia, FBI reveals — exposing false MS Now report

  4. Fox News MS NOW issues correction after reporting Kash Patel ‘landed in Russia’ while he was actually in Virginia

  5. +3 more outlets by 4:36 pm ET

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