It turns out General Flynn wasn’t the only person unmasked on President Trump’s transition team.
Are you ready for this one? Members of the president’s family were unmasked during the transition period…and even on Inauguration Day.
Acting Intel Chief rocked the D.C. Swamp when he released a list of top Obama officials who sought to unmask General Michael Flynn, and Republicans are saying this is just the tip of the iceberg.
What exactly is “unmaking?”
It’s when the names of Americans whose communications are picked up in U.S. intelligence surveillance are disclosed.
It’s certainly not illegal for an administration to make unmasking requests, but Team Obama went bonkers with the requests during the 2016 election, which leads many to think that they were engaging in political spying – way worse than any “Watergate” type scandal.
Former congressman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) echoed Nunes’ point on Fox News Thursday, and went even further.
“It’s not just Michael Flynn,” Gowdy told host Sandra Smith. “There was an unmasking request made the morning of the inauguration. The morning of the inauguration. President Trump’s family members were unmasked,” he said.
Gowdy added that the newly declassified documents provide “a very nice witness list to start investigating the leak of classified information.”
“I’d be curious how many people on this unmasking list have been interviewed by the FBI over the leak,” Gowdy added, referring to the felony leak about Flynn’s infamous December 29, 2016 phone call with the Russian Ambassador to Washington Post columnist David Ignatius.
You can watch the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcB5-i1nE3U&feature=emb_title
When all is said and done and all the proof comes out, this will be called the greatest political scandal of all time.
This piece was written by Missy Crane on May 14, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.
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