Activists and Ex-Spy Said to Have Plotted to Discredit Trump âEnemiesâ in Government
The campaign included planned operations against President Trumpâs national security adviser at the time, H.R. McMaster, and F.B.I. employees, according to documents and interviews.
Some of President Donald J. Trumpâs allies focused on trying to ferret out what they saw as a âdeep stateâ inside the government trying to undercut his agenda.Credit.Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times
May 13, 2021Updated 3:39 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON â A network of conservative activists, aided by a British former spy, mounted a campaign during the Trump administration to discredit perceived enemies of President Trump inside the government, according to documents and people involved in the operations.