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DeificClusterfuck t1_iuus932 wrote

Kash Patel is a known liar. The Justice Department is aware of this. If he's proven to have lied it will fuck any immunity deal on the table. Whether or not Kash is sufficiently scared of prison to keep that in mind is another matter.

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QuestionableNotion t1_iuvxvrf wrote

>Kash Patel is a known liar.

Makes sense. He is a Republican who worked in the Trump Administration. Seems to me the fact that he is a liar would be understood based on those two things alone.

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Cli4ordtheBRD t1_iuxxmn9 wrote

Oh for sure. But that doesn't mean he doesn't know how to tell the truth when his freedom depends on doing so. He's a grifter, not a true believer. And the defense can try to shred his credibility (not hard because it comes pre-shredded) but it helps to build the case and allows them to bring in evidence they might not otherwise be able to introduce.

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RSquared t1_iuvw60p wrote

Notably, he claimed publicly that Trump had declassified all of the MAL documents, then pled the fifth in deposition when asked about this claim.

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raistlin65 t1_iuvi4ui wrote

>From what I've seen the FBI isn't fucking around or taking big risks on this case.

Yep. And federal prosecutors have a shitload more experience in deciding whether or not somebody can be a reliable witness, than Reddit users. lol

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Cfp0001-Iceman t1_iuvpwut wrote

> I'm assuming they have something more to bring to the table than their own word.

Pretty sure they got video or recorded evidence. Considering how much Trump threatened to release the tapes, I think the tapes were being used against him already.

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