- Former Trump adviser Kash Patel says ex-president had been working on declassifying docs related to “RussiaGate” before leaving White House.
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“President had been working on these for a while – to issue declassification orders and did issue declassification orders,” Patel said Monday
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Patel also former chief of staff to the acting Secretary of Defense in Trump administration.
Patel is upset his name was left in copy of DOJ’s highly redacted affidavit on FBI raid released Friday.
- “It’s added absolutely no value by every procedure at the Department of Justice in relation to protecting parties and people’s names,” he said about his name not being blocked out.
