REPORT: Ex-Trump Official Probed Over State Secrets

The Washington Post reports:

In the Trump administration’s four-year battle with the intelligence community, a recurring character was a brash lawyer named Kashyap P. “Kash” Patel. He appeared so frequently, in so many incarnations, that he was almost a “Zelig” figure in President Donald Trump’s confrontation against what he imagined as the “deep state.”

Patel repeatedly pressed intelligence agencies to release secrets that, in his view, showed that the president was being persecuted unfairly by critics.

Ironically, he is now facing Justice Department investigation for possible improper disclosure of classified information, according to two knowledgeable sources who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the probe.

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DOJ Investigating Whether Former National Security Official and Trump Loyalist Disclosed Classified Information: Reporthttps://t.co/fs5yG33FAS

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