A federal judge in Nevada dismissed FBI Director Kash Patel’s defamation lawsuit against blogger Jim Stewartson on July 25, wiping out a $250,000 default judgment Patel had won against him less than a year earlier. Patel and his nonprofit, the Kash Foundation, sued Stewartson in June 2023 over posts on X and Substack calling Patel a “Kremlin asset” who helped plan the January 6 Capitol riot. Stewartson never responded to the suit, and Chief Judge Andrew Gordon entered a default judgment against him in August 2025, awarding Patel $200,000 and the foundation $50,000. BREAKING: A Nevada federal judge has granted my Motion to Dismiss in the case of @Kash_Patel vs. Jim Stewartson. Related: FBI Opens Criminal Investigation Into Atlantic Reporter Who Wrote About FBI Director Kash Patel’s DrinkingInformation for this briefing was found via the sources and the companies mentioned.