Kash Patel may have flouted legal constraints and the FBI’s disciplinary code in prematurely divulging arrests in an alleged plot to attack this month’s Ultimate Fighting Championship bout at the White House, bureau veterans have alleged.

The FBI director was accused of “jumping the gun” by posting details on social media of five arrests in an investigation carried out in conjunction with the Secret Service.

It subsequently emerged the inquiry was sealed by a court order, theoretically constraining Patel from publicly disclosing it. There is a general prohibition against publicising information related to sealed cases while the order remains in force, under US federal law. Although exceptions exist allowing for revealing their contents, formal court authorization would be needed to do so. Patel has previously invoked court orders sealing grand jury testimony as justification for the FBI’s inability to release many of its files on Jeffrey Epstein.

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[–] 61 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Maybe putting raging alcoholics in charge of major government agencies wasn't such a great idea.

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  • [–] 34 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    This is 100% going to be one of those things where undercovers bullied someone into going along with a plan or even just being reasonably aware of a plan but not snitching.

    It's just way more likely they invented a threat than they stopped a legitimate one.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Or just found someone mentally ill or disabled enough to exploit. Status quo.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    As much as it sucks, yeah, that was implied.

    Even just for minor drug deals, Undercovers target children with learning disabilities because they're often the most trusting.

    Once they have them for a minor buy, they'll send them straight to real dealers wearing a wire.

    Like you said, status quo

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Kash Patel may have has flouted legal constraints and the FBI’s disciplinary code in prematurely divulging arrests in an alleged plot to attack this month’s Ultimate Fighting Championship bout at the White House, bureau veterans have alleged report.

    If there's no doubt that he DID publicly publish nonpublic details of an ongoing investigation, there's no doubt that he broke the law and FBI rules either.

    Stating one with certainty and "alleging" the other is the equivalent of saying "man who without a doubt murdered his neighbor might have broken the law, former prosecutor opines"

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    It subsequently emerged the inquiry was sealed by a court order, theoretically constraining Patel from publicly disclosing it.

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    Patel has previously invoked court orders sealing grand jury testimony as justification for the FBI’s inability to release many of its files on Jeffrey Epstein.

    There's no contradiction here. Everyone should move along.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    I saw his ugly face and automatically read "draws a flask"

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago

    If I had a dog with a face like his I’d shave its ass and make it walk backwards!

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    This is the most normal looking photo I have ever seen of this pile of shit with goggly eyes.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    He really does look like there is just NOTHING going on in that head. Just a moth dawdling around in there that occasionally bumps into a nerve and makes him move and talk.

    Indian people everywhere must be so pissed at him for how profoundly stupid he is on a global level.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    0.0 - Krashout Patel's resting face

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    Every photo of Kash Patel looks like it’s from an Onion story where he has slowly backed into the folded arms of a looming, muscular henchman who is only visible from the neck down

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (4 children)

    He's literally just Tom from Parks and Recreation

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Cause they're both smaller Indian guys! I get it!

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Someone’s gonna Bondi him right out the door after he answers a few questions.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    If the goal was to make himself look good, it didn't work. He still looks like a snivelling asshole.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago

    Probably wanted to click on Cancel but clicked on Release because his eyes were battling that day.

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