Newt Gingrich believes in 'deep state', says he discussed it with Steve Bannon

Newt Gingrich is a believer in the “deep state” conspiracy of a behind-the-scenes bureaucracy controlling American politics.

“Of course, the deep state exists. There’s a permanent state of massive bureaucracies that do whatever they want and set up deliberate leaks to attack the president,” Newt Gingrich, former House speaker and Trump confidante, said, according to the Associated Press. “This is what the deep state does: They create a lie, spread a lie, fail to check the lie and then deny that they were behind the lie.”