Democratic leaders in the House were finally briefed today over the Russia bounty gate story, but instead of being informed, they came away furious. Instead of listening to intelligence officials and analysts, the briefing was handled by Trump's White House. Why would they lie, right? (That's a joke.) Rep. Steny Hoyer led off the Democratic presser by saying how unhappy he was about this process. "I would have preferred a briefing, -- that the briefing had been given by intel personnel, either from CIA and or NSA, so that we would have the direct evidence and discussion from the intelligence community as to how credible they assessed the information," Hoyer said. Hoyer bashed Trump for calling this story a "hoax" when the briefing proved it wasn't. He continued, "I thought this briefing was the White House personnel telling us their perspective.