{"id":1723382,"date":"2022-11-03T12:47:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T16:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1723382"},"modified":"2022-11-03T13:22:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:22:57","slug":"trump-aide-kash-patel-gets-immunity-to-testify-about-mar-a-logo-docs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-aide-kash-patel-gets-immunity-to-testify-about-mar-a-logo-docs\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Aide Kash Patel Gets Immunity to Testify About Mar-A-Logo Docs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Kash Patel, a former high-level aide in the Trump administration, has been granted immunity by the Justice Department to testify before a federal grand jury investigating the handling of classified documents by former President Donald Trump, according to reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge recently ruled that the Justice Department could not compel Patel to testify without offering him protection from prosecution for any incriminating information he provided during his appearance, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/trump-aide-granted-immunity-set-to-testify-at-grand-jury-probing-mar-a-lago-documents-11667429590?mod=hp_listb_pos2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported late Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Patel, a former chief of staff to acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller in the final days of the Trump administration, cited his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during an appearance\u00a0before\u00a0the grand jury last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__header\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"button inline-slideshow__nav inline-slideshow__nav--prev inline-slideshow__nav--disabled\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Previous<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span>1<\/span> of <span>3<\/span>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"button inline-slideshow__nav inline-slideshow__nav--next\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Next<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Kash Patel, a former aide in the Trump administration, has immunity to testify before a federal grand jury investigating classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKash Patel, a former aide in the Trump administration, has immunity to testify before a federal grand jury investigating classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">MEGA<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-12-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Donald Trump, speaking at a rally in Arizona on Oct. 9, took White House documents to Mar-a-Lago at the end of his administration.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-12-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-12-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-12-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-12-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-12-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDonald Trump, speaking at a rally in Arizona on Oct. 9, took White House documents to Mar-a-Lago at the end of his administration.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">AP<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-09.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Documents seized by the FBI during their raid on Mar-a-Lago.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-09.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-09.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-09.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-09.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-09.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDocuments seized by the FBI during their raid on Mar-a-Lago. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">AP<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The immunity paves the way for Patel, who is on record saying Trump declassified the documents before leaving office, to answer questions about the materials seized by the FBI during the<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/12\/fbi-seized-hundreds-of-privileged-trump-docs-from-mar-a-lago\/\"> Aug. 8 raid<\/a> at Mar-a-Lago, the report said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>But Patel could still be changed if information is uncovered independent of his testimony.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Patel was named by Trump to act as a liaison with the National Archives and Records Administration, which initially sought the documents beginning in May 2021.<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to be grilled about how the reams of documents ended up at Trump\u2019s Florida resort, whether they were classified and whether the former president took actions to keep the materials from the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Patel has said publicly that Trump declassified the documents as he prepared to exit the White House in January 2021.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe White House counsel failed to generate the paperwork to change the classification markings, but that doesn\u2019t mean the information wasn\u2019t declassified,\u201d Patel told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/05\/05\/documents-mar-a-lago-marked-classified-were-already-declassified-kash-patel-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Breitbart News in May.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was there with President Trump when he said \u2018We are declassifying this information\u200b,&#8217;\u201d Patel told the outlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__header\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"button inline-slideshow__nav inline-slideshow__nav--prev inline-slideshow__nav--disabled\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Previous<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span>1<\/span> of <span>2<\/span>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"button inline-slideshow__nav inline-slideshow__nav--next\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Next<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-08.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Donald Trump&#039;s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida was raided on Aug. 8, 2022.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-08.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-08.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-08.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-08.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-08.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDonald Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida was raided on Aug. 8, 2022.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">REUTERS<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-05.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Federal agents outside Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago resort as the FBI conducted a search of the property for classified documents on Aug. 8.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-05.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-05.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-05.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-05.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-aide-kash-patel-grand-jury-immunity-05.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFederal agents outside Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago resort as the FBI conducted a search of the property for classified documents on Aug. 8.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">AP<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump, in an interview with Fox News\u2019 Sean Hannity in September, said as president he was able to make the decision to declassify the documents. <\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u201cIf you\u2019re the president of the United States, you can declassify just by saying, \u2018It\u2019s declassified.\u2019 Even by thinking about it,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/22\/donald-trump-says-theres-no-formal-declassification-process\/\">Trump told Hannity.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A number of key issues surrounding the \u200bhandling of the \u200bclassified materials, including the president\u2019s declassification abilities, are working their way through court challenges.<\/p>\n<p>FBI agents removed roughly 11,000 documents \u2013 about 100 of which contained classified markings \u2013 from Mar-a-Lago on Aug. 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kash Patel, a former high-level aide in the Trump administration, has been granted immunity by the Justice Department to testify before a federal grand jury investigating the 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