Washington: Former Donald Trump ally Kash Patel ha claimed that his life is in danger because his name has appeared in the heavily redacted affidavit that was released on Friday supporting the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago earlier this month.
“Brown Lives Matter,” a clearly furious Patel said in a statement late Friday.
In a message posted on Truth Social, Patel called it a “vicious attack from the DOJ/FBI who intentionally jeopardized my safety by un-redacting my name in the most reviewed search warrant in the history of the United States.”
The “DOJ is on the line for my security with their dangerous actions,” Patel added. “These gangsters are on notice.”
Patel, a former top Pentagon staffer, quickly defended the former president after FBI agents seized several boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago, including classified and even top-secret information.
In an interview with Breitbart, Patel claimed that he was “there with Trump when he said, ‘We are declassifying this information.’”
However, there is no written evidence to support that. In addition, experts say Trump followed a process and declassified documents, and then shared his decision so other officials would know. There doesn’t appear to be any evidence of that.
Meanwhile, former Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann said since the release of the affidavit, Patel may not be in danger from death but the document does indicate that he could be at legal risk. Patel “really needs to be getting a lawyer,” said Weissmann.
