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A federal judge has tossed a case brought by FBI Director Kash Patel against anti-disinformation blogger Jim Stewartson. <\/p>\n

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According to a post on X by Stewartson, a Nevada federal judge granted his motion to dismiss the case. Patel sued Stewartson for libel in June 2023 over posts calling him a “Kremlin asset” who planned the January 6 riots. Stewartson said the judge wrote, “I do not have personal jurisdiction over Stewartson, so I grant his motion to dismiss.” <\/p>\n

Patel was suing Stewartson, who publishes the MindWar Substack, for over $10 million a couple of years before he was made Trump’s FBI director. Stewartson initially didn’t respond to the lawsuit, which led to Patel winning a $250,000 default judgment in August 2025, per reporting by CNBC.<\/p>\n

Stewartson later moved to set aside that judgment and dismiss the case, arguing he was never properly served and had no meaningful ties to Nevada. <\/p>\n

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In April, Chief Judge Andrew Gordon denied those motions in part but ordered both sides to brief whether the court had personal jurisdiction over the California-based writer, according to reporting by Reason.<\/p>\n

Stewartson celebrated his win on X, writing, “I’d like to commend the judge for including ‘googly-eyed Kremlin b\u2014’ in his ruling,” referring to a footnote that cites one of Stewartson’s posts. He also responded to a Patel post by writing, “You were also going after bloggers. But you can’t even do that right,” and “we’re not done here.”<\/p>\n

The dismissal marks the latest setback for Patel, who has filed at least six defamation suits against media outlets and commentators. A Texas judge threw out his case against former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi in April, calling the remarks by Figliuzzi protected hyperbole.<\/p>\n

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