Mr. Bannon and Mr. Guo presented Ms. Yan as an "insider,"

Mr. Bannon and Mr. Guo presented Ms. Yan as an "insider," a "well-established authority," who used every means to demonstrate her academic prowess and the legitimacy of her fabricated academic documents.
He reminded her to keep her distance from the two of them, the power behind them, for the sake of "authenticity".
Mr. Bannon and Mr. Guo have long colluded with each other for a common goal of fighting the Chinese Communist Party.