FBI正在驳斥MS NOW的一篇报道，该报道称FBI局长卡什·帕特尔周二抵达俄罗斯参加会议。MS NOW（前身为MSNBC）在其工作日早晨节目《State of Play》中播出了该报道，该节目由彼得·亚历山大主持，并引用了两位熟悉情况的人士作为帕特尔行踪的消息来源。FBI快速反应账号在社交平台X上发布了MS NOW现场报道的对比图——该报道称帕特尔在俄罗斯，以及帕特尔周二上午实际行踪的视频：他在弗吉尼亚州参加的一次执法活动，与众议员约翰·麦圭尔（R-Va.）同场。
The FBI is refuting a report from MS NOW claiming that FBI Director Kash Patel had landed in Russia for a meeting Tuesday. MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, aired the report on its weekday morning show "State of Play" with Peter Alexander and cited two people familiar with the matter as sources for Patel’s whereabouts. The FBI Rapid Response account posted to the social platform X a side-by-side of MS NOW’s on-air report claiming Patel was in Russia and a video of Patel’s actual whereabouts Tuesday morning: a law enforcement event in Virginia with Rep. John McGuire (R-Va.).
“MS Now的‘消息来源’对一无所知！”该账号写道。MS NOW的司法与情报记者肯·迪利安后来在节目中就此错误发表了现场评论。“我们现在知道[帕特尔]尚未像我们之前报道的那样已经抵达俄罗斯，”迪利安说。“我们对此错误表示歉意，并且在犯错时会保持透明。”迪利安在周二早晨的《State of Play》节目中表示，FBI尚未回应MS NOW就其报道的置评请求，并在周二下午纠正错误时再次重申了这一点。
“MS Now’s ‘sources’ are ‘familiar’ with NOTHING!,” the account wrote. Ken Dilanian, an MS NOW justice and intelligence reporter, later delivered on-air remarks about the error. “We do know now that [Patel] has not already landed in Russia, as we reported earlier,” Dilanian said. “We regret this error, and we are transparent about when we make errors.”Dilanian said on “State of Play” Tuesday morning that the FBI had not responded to MS NOW’s request for comment on the network’s reporting and said so again Tuesday afternoon while correcting the mistake.
MS NOW的一位发言人在被要求置评时，将《国会山报》引导至迪利安的现场言论。帕特尔的公共事务助理局长本·威廉森也在X上指出了MS NOW的报道。“我在一生中经历过许多奇怪的事情，但在头等舱里，我不得不看到一段MS Now的片段，称其正在报道突发新闻——卡什·帕特尔‘刚刚抵达俄罗斯’——就在我收到帕特尔今天在弗吉尼亚州林奇堡参加执法感恩活动的照片的时候，”威廉森写道。
A spokesperson for MS NOW directed The Hill to Dilanian’s on-air remarks when asked for comment. Patel’s assistant director for public affairs, Ben Williamson, also called out MS NOW’s report on X. “I have had many strange experiences in life, but in tier 1 had to be seeing a clip of MS Now reporting breaking news that Kash Patel has ‘just landed in Russia’ - right as I’m receiving pics of Kash Patel doing a law enforcement appreciation event today in Lynchburg, Virginia,” Williamson wrote.
帕特尔本人也作出了回应，要求道歉并指责MS NOW“一直在编造关于FBI的谎言”。“他们欠这个FBI、执法部门的男女警官以及美国人民一个道歉，”帕特尔在X上写道。《政治》杂志曾在7月报道称，帕特尔计划在10月中旬前往俄罗斯访问，这一计划曾引发民主党的强烈反对。众议员。
Patel himself also responded, demanding an apology and accusing MS NOW of “constantly telling lies” about the FBI. “They owe an apology to this FBI, the men and women of law enforcement, and to the American people,” Patel wrote on X. Politico reported in July that Patel had plans to travel to Russia in mid-October, a trip which sparked backlash from Democrats. Reps.
众议院司法委员会和情报委员会的首席议员、马里兰州民主党众议员杰米·拉斯金和康涅狄格州民主党众议员吉姆·海姆斯本月早些时候致信帕特尔，要求就有关此次旅行的报道作出说明。他们在信中写道：“作为联邦调查局局长，您掌握着对美国敌人具有高度价值的信息。不幸的是，您对俄罗斯政府的好感并不能让人相信您能够有效地保守这些机密。”
Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Jim Himes (D-Conn.), ranking members of the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees, respectively, wrote Patel a letter earlier this month demanding answers about the reported trip. “As Director of the FBI, you possess information that would be highly valuable to America’s adversaries. Unfortunately, your affinity for the Russian government does not inspire confidence that you will be able to effectively safeguard those secrets,” the congressmen wrote.