Catherine Herridge says a whistleblower was sounding the alarm about China’s influence operations in the summer of 2020 — but “suddenly it all was suppressed” instead of being elevated.
HERRIDGE: “So in the summer of 2020, as we’re heading into the election, in the intelligence community, there were indicators of this Chinese influence operation.”
“Influence operations means that you’re trying to affect the outcome of how people vote or their sentiment about a presidential candidate.”
“It’s different than an interference operation, which is penetrating voting rolls and voter systems.”
“And this whistleblower was raising the alarm about the influence operation and then suddenly it all was suppressed.”
“My understanding is that some of their reports, there were in officials on hand writing that they wanted everything out could help President Trump in his re-election.”
“So there clear evidence of political and personal bias, and intelligence is supposed to be neutral.”
“So what we heard tonight from the president is an allegation that this intelligence was suppressed in order harm him. And now we’re seeing documents already which back those claims.”