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The Justice Department is seeking to compel Kash Patel, an ally of the former president, to answer questions about assertions that material taken from the White House had been declassified.
Charges were filed secretly in recent months. A case against Mr. Assange could have implications for the special counsel inquiry as well as the publication of government secrets.
The Justice Department’s effort to win the witnesses’ cooperation shows how the investigation stemming from the classified materials found at Mar-a-Lago is entering a new phase.