12 Facts About Kashyap Patel

1.

Kashyap Patel confirmed that he had withheld aid from Ukraine, while offering contradicting reasons for doing so.

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2.

Kashyap Patel discussed how the United States could help provide technical expertise for expanding domestic production of natural gas.

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3.

Kashyap Patel was the key author of a controversial memo which was central to the Republican narrative that FBI and DOJ officials inappropriately obtained FISA warrants for several of Trump campaign staffers, including Carter Page.

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4.

Kashyap Patel was thought to have operated independently of Giuliani's irregular, informal channel.

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5.

Kashyap Patel originally said that the aid was withheld due to "corruption" in the country and that the topic of conversation with Volodymyr Zelenskyy was about "the fact that we don't want our people, like vice-president Biden and his son, [adding] to the corruption already in the Ukraine".

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6.

Kashyap Patel later disputed his original statement and said the aid was initially held back due to a lack of similar contribution from other European nations.

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7.

Kashyap Patel said Sondland indicated that "everything"—including the military aid and the White House visit—was on the table pending Zelenskyy's public announcement of such an investigation.

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8.

Kashyap Patel was going to make the investigations difficult for everybody.

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9.

Kashyap Patel later said the White House was trying to learn the identity of the whistleblower.

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10.

Kashyap Patel demanded that Adam Schiff be arrested and questioned "at the highest level" for fraud and treason.

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11.

Kashyap Patel has called for a pro-Russian 'regime change' in Ukraine, is wanted for prosecution in Ukraine for abuse of power and embezzlement, has set up a government in exile, and is widely seen as a pro-Russian puppet.

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12.

Kashyap Patel then contacted an aide for the House Intelligence Committee and provided a vague statement.

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