In other words, do we have deep state actors that are trying to influence our presidential elections? … Yes, we have people within the intelligence community... all moving towards their partisan interests that they were not happy with the outcome this election and they were willing to do whatever it was took in order to try to undermine President Trump's administration during his first term in office. … Our national security depends on it. The ability for the American people's trust to be earned back depends on exposing the bad actors and holding them accountable. (06:12–06:54)
CLAIM
Asserts that intelligence community members acted to undermine President Trump's administration.
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