One email among intelligence analysts admitted that they had deliberately massaged the presidential daily briefing to withhold information regarding Chinese activities related to the election. Matt, what do you think about that? Treason. It's abject treason that these underlings, these bureaucrats, put themselves into the power of the presidency. That's not for them to decide. Nobody elected some, you know, counselor at the CIA or FBI or DNI's office to be able to do this screening. (18:38–18:47)
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Asserts that bureaucrats committed treason by usurping presidential power.
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