“a video editor received a call from a State Department public affairs official who made “a specific request ... to excise that portion of the briefing.”
These people have names. THEY MUST BE OUTED.
Start with everybody who touched that video. Weed out those who do not edit videos. GET THEM TO TESTIFY. IF THEY REFUSE, ARREST THEM.
Then go after the person who made the request. TESTIFY, REFUSE, ARREST.
And on up the food chain.
I doubt this would even get criminal prosecution from an honest prosecutor. It’s bad to lie to the public, but not a crime on a public relations web site, especially where the media itself has its own records to catch the lie, which is exactly what happened.