Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster was the target of a planned sting operation by conservative activists working to expose people they viewed as being part of the “deep state” inside the government trying to undermine the Trump agenda, according to a new report.

The scheme, revealed to the New York Times in documents and interviews, sought to catch the retired Army lieutenant general in the act of making disparaging remarks about former President Donald Trump.

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