Last week, a U.S. magistrate judge ordered the release of the Department of Justice (DOJ) affidavit that was used to obtain an FBI search warrant of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago. Much of the document and names were redacted, but Patel's was left unredacted.

Reacting to the DOJ's decision, Patel told Just The News that the agency "intentionally decided to politicize this affidavit for many reasons."

"But one, which I wasn't even expecting them to do was put my name out there, it added absolutely no value and violated every procedure at the Department of Justice in relation to protecting parties and people's names," he said in a recent interview.

It's not clear why the DOJ chose not to keep Patel's name covered up. The only other person identified by name is longtime Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), the head of the House Oversight Committee who was told by the National Archives about materials that were obtained earlier this year from Mar-a-Lago. The Epoch Times has contacted the agency for comment.