MSNBC has pulled back on a story it ran on Friday, accusing FBI Director Kash Patel of spending more time in bars than he has at the FBI headquarters.

Network anchor Jonathan Lemire walked back a broadcast segment with former Biden administration counterintelligence official Frank Figliuzzi. Figliuzzi, according to the New York Post, told the network, “Well, reportedly he’s been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of the Hoover Building.”

Figliuzzi carried on with his claim about the FBI director and said, “So this is both a blessing and a curse, because if he’s really trying to run things without his experience, without any experience level, things could be bad.”

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