At a hearing, Cory Booker asks Patel point-blank whether he testified to a grand jury that President Trump had declassified the documents in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Booker says Patel told Senator Whitehouse the testimony was public, that it has not been released, and that a court denied a news outlet's bid for the transcript in July. Asked again, Patel won't answer yes or no and says the transcript is the best evidence of what he said.
The receipt
- Who
- Sen. Booker
- Where
- hearing - Senate committee oversight hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel
- Original footage
- moneycontrol · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 56 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
Did you did testify before the grand jury that President Trump had declassified the documents at issue in the Mar -a -Lago classified documents case? Is that correct? I don't have the grand jury transcript. That's why I released it. Whatever it says is the best evidence. You know, that's what you said to Senator Whitehouse that your grand jury testimony was publicly released. it has not been. In fact in July a court denied a news outlets bid to get that transcript but you said but the court said quite clearly that you are free to discuss your grand jury testimony. So I ask you again, did you testify before the grand jury that President Trump to classify the documents at issue in the Mar -a -Lago classified document case? And that is That's why I took your invitation to work with the department in the court to have that transcript released and the transcript is the best evidence of what I said then.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.