President Trump and some Republican allies have pointed to the 'unmasking' of Michael Flynn as evidence of a campaign to undermine the administration.
and Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday asking if unmasking requests were made for other members of Trump's campaign or transition team. And Graham asked for"an explanation as to why the list" didn't"contain a record showing who unmasked General Flynn's phone call with Ambassador Kislyak."by The Washington Post's David Ignatius, who cited a"senior U.S. government official.
Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about the phone call, though he later tried to withdraw that guilty plea. The Justice Department under Barr has argued the FBI did not have"a legitimate investigative basis" to interview Flynn in the first place and asked for the case to be dismissed. Trump has long accused Obama of unspecified crimes related to unsubstantiated allegations he"spied" on Trump's campaign and opened the Russia investigation, which he calls a"hoax," in order to weaken and discredit his administration. He has revived those claims in recent weeks, decrying what he refers to as"Obamagate" following Biden's rise as his presumptive 2020 Democratic opponent and Obama's increasing public criticisms of Trump.
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