The Trish Regan Show - BREAKING: Kash Patel SUES MSNBC for Defamation in Explosive Legal Showdown
Aired: 2025-06-13
Duration: 11:10


=== FBI Head Sues MSNBC (07:47) ===

[00:00:00]  Major, major blow to MSNBC, ladies and gentlemen.
[00:00:05]  The head of the FBI is suing MSNBC.
[00:00:08]  Uh-huh.
[00:00:09]  Kash Patel.
[00:00:11]  He's not messing around.
[00:00:12]  Do you remember a few weeks ago?
[00:00:13]  They had this guy that came on.
[00:00:14]  He was like an MSNBC analyst.
[00:00:17]  I was like, this is a bizarre thing to say.
[00:00:18]  Like, this is really, really mean.
[00:00:20]  It was just sort of like going to, you know, for the jugular in a way that was weird.
[00:00:25]  It was like gossipy.
[00:00:26]  They started talking about how Kash Patel's always in nightclubs and he was never in the Hoover building.
[00:00:31]  He's always out in a nightclub.
[00:00:33]  And I'm like, what?
[00:00:34]  Like, you know, I run in these circles.
[00:00:38]  I've never heard that about cash.
[00:00:39]  Like that was kind of just a weird thing to say.
[00:00:41]  And I was like, wow, what do you have?
[00:00:43]  Like lots of sourcing on that.
[00:00:46]  Have you seen them out at nightclubs?
[00:00:47]  It was just one of those random things that somebody said.
[00:00:50]  And not even with like a sense of humor, they said it as though it was really serious.
[00:00:53]  And then they put up an article on it.
[00:00:56]  And so that started getting around everywhere.
[00:00:58]  I don't think we covered this.
[00:00:59]  I actually didn't because I, how do I know?
[00:01:03]  I just know.
[00:01:04]  I just know.
[00:01:05]  I just know when things are wrong, right?
[00:01:06]  Like you just have a feeling like that is just not right.
[00:01:09]  So we didn't do anything on it.
[00:01:10]  But MSNBC is in a little bit of trouble right now because the head of the FBI is now suing the network for libel.
[00:01:17]  He's saying, you can't say that about me.
[00:01:19]  You had no proof about that.
[00:01:20]  That's totally an untrue story.
[00:01:22]  You're just making stuff up and you're putting it in print and you get a columnist that goes on television and starts talking about it.
[00:01:27]  So then they had to issue this little apology.
[00:01:30]  And now let's circle back to a segment from Friday's show.
[00:01:33]  Frank Fergluzzi was on that morning during this hour discussing the work of administration officials.
[00:01:37]  At the end of that segment, Faglusi said that FBI Director Kash Patel has reportedly been more visible at nightclubs than at his office at FBI headquarters.
[00:01:46]  This was a misstatement.
[00:01:47]  We have not verified that claim.
[00:01:49]  We will be right back.
[00:01:52]  Woo!
[00:01:52]  He didn't verify the claim.
[00:01:57]  He said it.
[00:01:58]  Apparently he didn't verify it.
[00:01:59]  This will be an interesting discovery, right?
[00:02:02]  In this process, now MSMBC is like, oh, my God, like our ratings are bad enough, and now we've got to deal with this.
[00:02:07]  They're going to have to defend himself from one Kash Patel.
[00:02:10]  who is going after Frank.
[00:02:12]  I think he's suing Frank as well.
[00:02:13]  He's suing the network.
[00:02:14]  Frank better hope he's got some kind of protection clause in the network because that was an outlandish claim that was made about the nightclub, they're saying.
[00:02:23]  So he's suing Frank for fabricating a specific lie about him, according to court documents, namely that reportedly Patel has been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been in the seventh floor of the Hoover building.
[00:02:36]  And what they're saying is, look, he knew it was a lie when he said it.
[00:02:39]  And yet since becoming director of the FBI, Director Patel, he went on to say, has not spent a single night.
[00:02:48]  Okay, so they're saying he has not spent a single night in the nightclub.
[00:02:50]  So he has not been in a nightclub, ladies and gentlemen.
[00:02:53]  And yet this reporter decided to go forward with that story anyway.
[00:02:56]  And so now MSNBC is looking at yet another lawsuit.
[00:03:00]  By the way, they're facing an investigation by the FCC because of their DEI stuff.
[00:03:05]  Now they're getting sued by the head of the FBI for libel, defamation.
[00:03:13]  Are they still being sued?
[00:03:14]  Are they still in something with Donald Trump?
[00:03:16]  I mean, I know CBS is.
[00:03:17]  I know that ABC decided to settle.
[00:03:19]  This is like a nightmare for MSNBC.
[00:03:21]  It really, really is.
[00:03:22]  And it comes at a time when, you know, they really can't afford it because they're trying to figure out their way forward in this very challenging and different kind of media landscape, a media landscape in which they are clearly suffering, clearly suffering.
[00:03:35]  I mean, you look at the ratings there.
[00:03:37]  You look at the ratings there and it's just abysmal.
[00:03:40]  Here's poor Jen Saki.
[00:03:43]  I mean, her numbers were like cut in half from what Rachel was doing, and Rachel was not doing that well, right?
[00:03:47]  So that tells you quite a bit.
[00:03:50]  She's been on this new show.
[00:03:51]  She takes over for Tuesday through Friday.
[00:03:54]  So Rachel comes in for a guest appearance to which she's apparently being paid $25 million a year, a pay cut of a $5 million.
[00:04:01]  She's like, good work if you can get it, right?
[00:04:04]  Wow.
[00:04:05]  So she's not getting any kind of ratings to justify that.
[00:04:07]  So I would not be surprised if they're looking long and hard at the Rachel Maddow deal and saying, really, can we keep this up, especially once they go public?
[00:04:15]  Don't forget they're spinning off in the Spinco thing to become Versant some fancy French name.
[00:04:21]  They think that'll give them some air of dignity, I guess, when they go public and there's a tax incentive for Comcast to do this.
[00:04:29]  But once they go public, you know what they really have to stand on their own, because you're not going to have mommy and daddy Comcast, the parent company, standing there to prop you up when you're doing as bad as you're doing and the ratings suck as badly as they suck.
[00:04:42]  Right, so she is down significantly.
[00:04:44]  The numbers are okay.
[00:04:45]  Saki raked in just 971 million viewers over the course of the month, down from Maddox 1.89 million that she earned throughout 2025.
[00:04:54]  It was a 47 drop.
[00:04:57]  So that is a big, big deal.
[00:04:59]  Lots of love from Australia today.
[00:05:01]  Thank you so much, Adriano.
[00:05:03]  Um, you know it's really uh, remarkable right to see how quickly, how quickly they have disintegrated there at one Msnbc, and it's in part because they just don't have any good talent, right?
[00:05:18]  I mean, this is this, is this is the trade-out.
[00:05:20]  So they had a woman who looks like Chris Hayes, but technically she came first.
[00:05:28]  Chris was her protege.
[00:05:29]  You know, she picks guys that look just like her.
[00:05:32]  Guys or girls, I guess.
[00:05:33]  I mean, sometimes you can't really even tell.
[00:05:35]  But she picked out Chris, and Chris is doing okay.
[00:05:38]  Like he survived that round of layoffs.
[00:05:40]  Joy Reid did not.
[00:05:43]  A few others did not.
[00:05:44]  Rachel was really upset about it.
[00:05:45]  And they put in Jens Aki, a.k.a. Peppermint Patty, who used to be the Biden spokesperson, who very few people actually trust.
[00:05:53]  And you know why they don't trust her?
[00:05:55]  Because she sat up there with a straight face and told us all day long that, you know, this is the greatest Joe Biden ever, too.
[00:06:00]  I mean, that was a signature line, was it not, from Joe Scarborough over on the morning show there?
[00:06:06]  But Jen Psaki also was quite good at trying to defend and stand up for Joe Biden and Eddie Turnin.
[00:06:13]  So I think that she's lost a lot of stature, a lot of respect.
[00:06:16]  She's probably kind of frightened because there's an investigation going in into the auto pen scandal.
[00:06:21]  So we'll see what comes out of that.
[00:06:23]  But she's an excellent liar, which is what you have to be.
[00:06:26]  Okay, ladies and gentlemen, I'd be the worst. person ever.
[00:06:29]  People have said that to me before.
[00:06:30]  Would you do it?
[00:06:31]  I have had offers to do it.
[00:06:33]  I'm like, no.
[00:06:34]  Like my problem is I really can't tell a lie.
[00:06:39]  Like, and so you may have a spin, but I have my own thoughts and it's just very, very hard for me.
[00:06:45]  So that's just three.
[00:06:46]  So like I'm much, much better doing what I do because I can call it all, right?
[00:06:52]  Like as I see fit.
[00:06:53]  But Jens Haki is very good at spinning.
[00:06:59]  And when she took over this job, Rachel Maddow did an interview, I believe it was with Us Weekly, where she was touting her and she's going on and on, oh, Saki's going to be so great.
[00:07:08]  But it was total shade because she's going to be so great because, you know, Jen is so connected.
[00:07:13]  And she's going to be able to have all these guests on and really, you know, get inside the beltway in D.C.
[00:07:18]  Well, don't you understand?
[00:07:18]  That's what people don't want.
[00:07:20]  They don't want inside the beltway.
[00:07:21]  And then she said, it was like complimenting herself.
[00:07:24]  On the back, you know, nice little pat on the back for Rachel saying, you know, I just, I'm just with my team.
[00:07:30]  I get along great with my team, but I'm not really out and about in that circle.
[00:07:34]  And so that was a veiled way of saying, you know what?
[00:07:38]  I'm the real deal.
[00:07:39]  I'm the authentic one.
[00:07:41]  She's the cheap whatever who's going to sell whatever.

=== Finding A New Rachel (03:22) ===

[00:07:47]  Okay.
[00:07:48]  That was, that was what that was.
[00:07:49]  And let's face it, she doesn't have the glasses or the haircut.
[00:07:53]  So she's struggling.
[00:07:55]  And it makes me wonder, kind of makes me wonder what their next move is because.
[00:08:01]  they could swap her out, you know, maybe for somebody even cheaper, maybe for somebody that Rachel might like, maybe for somebody who even looks, dare I say, who just looks a little bit like one Rachel Matto because, you know, it was going so well with Rachel and then seemed to be going okay enough, right, with the other Rachel, Chris Hayes.
[00:08:28]  So why not bring in a third Rachel?
[00:08:31]  And guess what, guys?
[00:08:32]  I found one.
[00:08:33]  Well, actually, they found one.
[00:08:35]  They found one themselves.
[00:08:36]  And this particular person who I had not seen in the past is actually on MSNBC already.
[00:08:44]  So I'm thinking, you know what?
[00:08:46]  You got your new replacement, and hopefully it doesn't cost you 25 mil.
[00:08:53]  Los Angeles is a so called majority minority city and a majority minority state.
[00:08:59]  There are more people of color that live in Los Angeles than white people at this point.
[00:09:03]  And many of those people are undocumented.
[00:09:05]  By some counts, 10% of the population of LA County, one of the largest counties, the largest county by population in the United States, is undocumented, maybe as many as a million people.
[00:09:15]  Those people are our neighbors.
[00:09:17]  Our coworkers, our classmates, our friends, our parishioners, fellow parishioners in churches.
[00:09:23]  They are part of the fabric of the city of Los Angeles.
[00:09:26]  There you go.
[00:09:29]  Okay.
[00:09:29]  Mission accomplished.
[00:09:31]  You can get another Rachel Maddow to take over Tuesday through Friday.
[00:09:37]  You're all set.
[00:09:38]  You know, she was on on Monday and it was pretty wild.
[00:09:40]  She was going on.
[00:09:41]  She's excellent at these conspiracy theories.
[00:09:43]  I got to tell you, like, I've never seen anybody quite as good. as her at floating these conspiracy theories.
[00:09:49]  I remember it so well during the Russia, Russia, Russia thing.
[00:09:51]  And I'm like, you got to be kidding me.
[00:09:52]  Like, how does nobody call this out?
[00:09:54]  Well, she's on Monday and she's like trying to say that these immigration riots and protests are all about taking Trump down and that he's scared and that this is the end of it.
[00:10:07]  And I would just say that's really wrong.
[00:10:08]  Again, if you look at the new poll data that just came out, I mean, even CNN is kind of shocked by this one, guys, because the new poll data shows overwhelmingly that, you know what?
[00:10:19]  People do not want people that are here in this country illegally, especially, especially if they have been convicted of a crime.
[00:10:29]  This should not be like crazy to understand, right?
[00:10:33]  So a new poll came out and there's basically this 40 point swing showing that legal immigrants, people who have just come to this country, have actually swung by 40 points to the right and they are very much in favor of Trump's immigration policy.
[00:10:52]  So that doesn't fly for Rachel to be there saying all that Rachel is saying.
[00:10:56]  And I would just get back to they're going to have to fix this situation at some point because you can't go off and spin off MSNBC and have such dismal ratings.
[00:11:04]  You can't just be such a headache where you're getting sued at every turn and investigated at every turn.
[00:11:09]  It's not going to fly.