Trump Lackey Patel Planned To Release Classified Documents
Trump Lackey Patel Planned To Release Classified Documents
By NewsHound Ellen
Keith Olbermann explained why some of the classified material at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago likely pertains to the Mueller investigation and that Trump likely planned to make it public.
By NewsHound Ellen — August 20, 2022
In the August 19th episode of the Countdown with Keith Olbermann podcast, Olbermann discussed how top Trump aide Kash Patel has repeatedly stated, in public, that he planned to take classified documents about “Russiagate,” Trump’s Ukraine impeachment and “major national security matters” that Trump thinks “the American people should see.”
Olbermann based much of his commentary on reporting by Ryan Goodman for Just Security. In his article, Goodman notes that in June, Trump sent a letter to the National Archives designating Patel as representative “for access to Presidential records of my administration.”
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By NewsHound Ellen
Keith Olbermann explained why some of the classified material at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago likely pertains to the Mueller investigation and that Trump likely planned to make it public.
By NewsHound Ellen — August 20, 2022
In the August 19th episode of the Countdown with Keith Olbermann podcast, Olbermann discussed how top Trump aide Kash Patel has repeatedly stated, in public, that he planned to take classified documents about “Russiagate,” Trump’s Ukraine impeachment and “major national security matters” that Trump thinks “the American people should see.”
Olbermann based much of his commentary on reporting by Ryan Goodman for Just Security. In his article, Goodman notes that in June, Trump sent a letter to the National Archives designating Patel as representative “for access to Presidential records of my administration.”
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When news of the Mar-a-Lago documents began heating up in May 2022, Patel spoke with right-wing media outlets about Trump’s objectives in retaining these documents. He began laying out the defense that the documents had been “declassified,” and specifically identified Trump’s goal to release the information publicly.