Treason?! Rand Paul Grills State Dept. Nominee on Predecessor's Anti-Trump Activities

Senator Rand Paul questioned Donald Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Joel Rayburn over the policies and attitudes of his former colleague and predecessor as Envoy to Syria, James Jeffrey, which he characterized as "tantamount to treason," which included obfuscating troop numbers in the Middle East and playing a "shell game" to hide information from President Trump.