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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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[-] Astronut@lemmy.zip 7 points 44 minutes ago

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

[-] NM_Gringo@lemmy.world 28 points 1 hour ago

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

[-] EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world 3 points 54 minutes ago

And yet it makes everything funnier.

[-] paranoid@lemmy.world 7 points 39 minutes ago

It'd be funny if it weren't so damn sad

[-] lemmyng@lemmy.world 1 points 5 minutes ago

0.0 - Krashout Patel's resting face

[-] naught101@lemmy.world 2 points 25 minutes ago

He's literally just Tom from Parks and Recreation

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 33 minutes ago

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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