Senator Whitehouse, at a Senate hearing, says he asked Patel several times under oath to describe his testimony to the committee, as Rule 6e allows. Patel said he couldn't because the testimony was under seal by the Chief Judge of the US District Court for DC. Whitehouse says that same Chief Judge later said nothing prevented Patel from sharing it with the committee.
The receipt
- Who
- Senator Whitehouse
- Where
- hearing - Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing on Jack Smith, hosted
- Original footage
- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 33 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
I've asked Patel multiple times under oath to describe his testimony to us as rule 6e plainly allows. First, he said he couldn't because it was under seal by the Chief Judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia. Turns out that very Chief Judge later said that nothing was preventing Patel from divulging his testimony to this committee as the rule allows.
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