Now the WaPo is worried about leaks?

 Washington Examiner:

A former high-ranking Trump administration official criticized a report that said the Justice Department is potentially investigating whether he disclosed classified information.

Kash Patel told One America News Network this week that Washington Post columnist David Ignatius writing about the alleged inquiry is "the height of hypocrisy," considering how a key element of the Trump-Russia investigation, the FBI's targeting of retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, came to light in a column the journalist wrote more than four years ago.

"He was the same individual who knowingly published classified information back in 2016, 2017 to kick off the Russiagate conspiracy, and then I spent the next two years combating it to make sure that the truth came out, and now he writes an article that may possibly contain even more classified information accusing me, the lead investigator, of possibly being under investigation," Patel said.

"I think that is the height of hypocrisy and careless journalism, and that is why the American public cannot stand the mainstream media," he added.

The alleged inquiry into Patel was revealed in a column last Friday by Ignatius, who said Patel is "now facing [a] Justice Department investigation for possible improper disclosure of classified information, according to two knowledgeable sources who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the probe." He did not provide evidence or many details. Also, Patel did not respond to requests for comment, Ignatius wrote.

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In January, the Justice Department quietly closed without charges the investigation into leaks of likely classified information about intercepted phone calls between Flynn and a Russian envoy to the press. This had been reported by none other than Ignatius in early 2017.

Michael Sherwin, the then-acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, signed off on closing the inquiry into the disclosure of the December 2016 calls between former President Donald Trump's first national security adviser and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak at the recommendation of prosecutors in Washington, D.C., a person familiar with the investigation told the New York Times. The report said the inquiry, code-named Operation Echo, looked into Obama administration officials with access to the sensitive contents of the discussions but “ultimately found no wrongdoing.”
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It looks like the plot against Patel is a part of the DOJ's coverup of its conduct of the Russian collusion hoax which is under investigation by Durham.  I think Durham should also be investigating this lead to Ignatius as part of the original plot.