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What Jack Smith wouldn't say about Kash Patel raises major red flag: journalist
The FBI Director Who Needed ImmunityThe Real Story Is Not Smith’s RefusalJack Smith declining to discuss sealed material in a televised interview is the least interesting part of this story. The reporting gives us a far bigger fact pattern: Kash Patel was subpoenaed in the classified-documents investigation, invoked the Fifth Amendment, then received immunity before answering under a sealed court order. He later became FBI director. That is not background noise. That is the center of gravity.Patel’s Rise Is the MessageThe institutional power here is obvious. Trump gave Patel a job; the…
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