“The attorney general determined that certain aspects of unmasking needed to be reviewed,” Kupec said. The attorney general has appointed multiple U.S. attorneys from other jurisdictions to review work done by career prosecutors and agents in politically sensitive cases. Congressional Republicans have also vowed to investigate what they call the unmasking scandal, after the Trump administration declassified a list of Obama officials who may have received information regarding Flynn. Conservatives charge Obama-era officials may have used the unmasking procedures to inappropriately target people close to Trump, including Flynn. The president has accused the Obama administration of “spying” on the Trump campaign, and used the amorphous term “Obamagate” to stoke conservative anger.

Source: Washington Post May 28, 2020 03:00 UTC