JUST IN: Acting DNI Richard Grenell has sought to declassify any list of former Obama administration officials allegedly involved in “unmasking” of Michael Flynn in his conversations with ex-Russian ambassador, senior U.S. official tells ABC News.
Grenell, who remains the U.S. ambassador to Germany along with being the acting DNI, visited the Justice Department last week to request the declassification of the list, according to the official.
U.S. ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, awaits the arrival of the Secretary of State Pompeo at Tegel airport in Berlin, May 31, 2019. U.S. ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, awaits the arrival of the Secretary of State Pompeo at Tegel airport in Berlin, May 31, 2019.that new information revealed in recent weeks about the conduct of FBI officials involved in the interview of Flynn showed that their investigation was not"legitimate."
"They did not have a basis for a counterintelligence investigation against Flynn at that stage, based on a perfectly legitimate and appropriate call he made as a member of the transition," Barr said in an interview with CBS last week. Critics, including nearly 2,000 former DOJ officials, have argued the move was part of a pattern of Barr looking to undermine an investigation that was politically damaging for President
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