Who are not actually addressing what their own former employees are stating. Those who have said, no, we protested the use of the Steele dossier. We told John Brennan. These are Senior CIA officials saying, we told John Brennan this is false. This is discredited intelligence. You can't use this. And he overruled them. So again, the mainstream media reaction to this, unfortunately, is quite predictable because if they were to cover it honestly, they would have to admit their culpability in this egregious and historic wrong that has been committed against the American people and against our republic. (05:00–05:11)
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Asserts that senior CIA officials told John Brennan the intelligence was false and discredited, but he overruled them.
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