Just in case you hadn't heard, this morning, The Guardian reported that former Trump campaign official Paul Manafort "secretly" met with Wikileaks' Julian Assange three separate times (in 2013, 2015, and 2016).

No, it wasn't just a random news story that manifested organically and just happened to hit publication one day after reports that the Special Counsel accused Manafort of breaching his plea agreement and lying to their office and to the FBI.

Make no mistake, today's story–as Dan breaks down in the podcast–was deliberately leaked, and designed to turn public opinion against Manafort and distract Americans from the real scandal: The Obama Administration's gross weaponization of our nation's intelligence agencies against a political opponent and the continued malfeasance demonstrated by the Clinton team.