The prosecution can still build a case against him from evidence entirely walled off from his statements. It’s hard to do, but possible. If he commits perjury, he loses his immunity and can be prosecuted for his statements.

This is a sign that the prosecutors are not interested in indicting Patel. They want his truthful testimony.

They’re going after someone else and that someone can only be Trump.

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It’s also a sign that the DOJ wants to flush out Trump’s bogus “declassified” defense now.

(A lot of headlines are making it sound like Patel entered a cooperation deal, or he got blanket immunity. This isn’t a “deal.” It was forced on him. On the other hand, the smartest thing he can do at this point is to cooperate.)

On Thursday, Kash Patel testified again before the grand jury. Of course, we don’t know what he said, but we can assume he didn’t take the Fifth.

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I spent so much of my free time the past few weeks as a volunteer voter protection lawyer helping out in Georgia, one of my blog readers suggested that I talk about how I became a voter protection lawyer.

So I do.

One story involves an actual car chase (never driving over the speed limit, of course).

I tried to add a screenshot of the story for people who don't want to click through, but it isn't uploading. . .

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