Orange Meltdown, Con't

The Trump stolen document mess just went from "really bad for Trump" to "someone's getting indicted before the end of the year."

The Justice Department offered on Wednesday to allow Kash Patel, a close adviser to former President Donald J. Trump, to testify to a federal grand jury under a grant of immunity about Mr. Trump’s handling of highly sensitive presidential records, two people familiar with the matter said.

The offer of immunity came about a month after Mr. Patel invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination in front of the grand jury and refused to answer questions from prosecutors investigating whether Mr. Trump improperly took national security documents with him when he left the White House and subsequently obstructed attempts by the government to retrieve them.

During Mr. Patel’s initial grand jury appearance, one of the people familiar with the matter said, Judge Beryl A. Howell of Federal District Court in Washington acknowledged Mr. Patel’s Fifth Amendment claims and said that the only way he could be forced to testify was if the government offered him immunity.

The decision by the Justice Department to grant immunity in the case, the person said, effectively cleared the way for the grand jury to hear Mr. Patel’s testimony.

A spokesman for the Justice Department declined to comment.

The disclosure that Mr. Patel has received immunity for his testimony comes as prosecutors have increased their pressure on recalcitrant witnesses who have declined to answer investigators’ questions or have provided them with potentially misleading accounts about Mr. Trump’s handling of documents.

Kids, if Kash Patel just cut a deal to turn grand jury testimony, it has to be something that will make a case for charges, and pretty much the only bigger fish than Patel in this mess is Trump himself. If there was any doubt left that an indictment is coming after the midterms, it just got put to rest.

It's going to be a fun Thanksgiving, and the turkey is going to be orange, and very well cooked.