section_path: Post-government career (2021–2024)/Litigation
section_name: Litigation
paragraph_text: Litigation
  
  After The New York Times published an article in October 2019 about Fiona Hill 's testimony in the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, Patel filed a $44 million defamation suit against the paper. The next month, he sued Politico for $25 million for defamation. Patel's lawyers moved to dismiss both lawsuits in 2021. According to the Times, Patel did not pursue his case against the paper, while Politico ' s lawyers argued that the judge was prepared to dismiss the case. In December 2020, Patel sued CNN over defamation for $50 million. The case was later dismissed and appealed to the Court of Appeals of Virginia. In June 2023, he sued Jim Stewartson, an online commentator. In May, he sued the Department of Defense over a review of his memoir, Government Gangsters (2023). In September, Patel sued FBI director Christopher A. Wray and other Department of Justice officials, arguing that a 2017 grand jury subpoena for his communication records was retaliation for his work criticizing the FBI investigation into links between associates of Donald Trump and Russian officials.
  
  After The New York Times published an article in October 2019 about Fiona Hill 's testimony in the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, Patel filed a $44 million defamation suit against the paper. The next month, he sued Politico for $25 million for defamation. Patel's lawyers moved to dismiss both lawsuits in 2021. According to the Times, Patel did not pursue his case against the paper, while Politico ' s lawyers argued that the judge was prepared to dismiss the case. In December 2020, Patel sued CNN over defamation for $50 million. The case was later dismissed and appealed to the Court of Appeals of Virginia. In June 2023, he sued Jim Stewartson, an online commentator. In May, he sued the Department of Defense over a review of his memoir, Government Gangsters (2023). In September, Patel sued FBI director Christopher A. Wray and other Department of Justice officials, arguing that a 2017 grand jury subpoena for his communication records was retaliation for his work criticizing the FBI investigation into links between associates of Donald Trump and Russian officials.