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 and brought the list with him, according to the official.On Tuesday, a senior Justice Department official told ABC News that the department does not intend to release the list and deferred to the ODNI for any further comment.
“ODNI delivered information related to unmasking and we have taken note of it,” the official said. “We will be looking at it to the extent that it is relevant to any investigation.” U.S. ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, awaits the arrival of the Secretary of State Pompeo at Tegel airport in Berlin, May 31, 2019.
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