Inside The Bureaucratic Coup To Destabilize The Trump Administration

A former chief of staff to the Director of National Intelligence argues in a Daily Wire opinion piece that a coordinated effort is under way to undermine the Trump administration, and that it echoes the way the Russia investigation was handled after the 2016 election. The author says documents released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence showed that intelligence assessments were sidelined, a new one was ordered after a White House meeting, and discredited material was elevated. The author also points to the 2020 Hunter Biden laptop letter signed by former national security officials.

The author says a group called Data Republican has released recordings of former USAID employees, ex-national security officials and allied nonprofit operatives discussing ways to provoke disorder, press governors and mayors to resist, and portray the federal government as illegitimate. The author links one figure in that network to messaging about illegal orders aimed at Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and names Senator Elissa Slotkin. The author calls the dismantling of USAID a major victory.

The author further contends that a Washington Post story presenting the anonymous officials as patriots defending democracy amounts to participation in the effort rather than coverage of it.

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