WASHINGTON — In a blow to GOP efforts to create a cloud of scandal around so-called unmasking, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News that Michael Flynn’s name was never redacted from an FBI intelligence report about his phone conversation with the Russian ambassador to the U.S.
Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, has admitted lying to the FBI about his phone call with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador at the time.
Why Flynn’s name did not have to be redacted from FBI report https://t.co/p3nwbibbSh via @msnbc
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) May 21, 2020
The lack of masking was first reported in The Washington Post.
Flynn’s name was unmasked in other intelligence reports about other conversations he had with foreigners, but not the one about the Dec. 29, 2016, phone call that got him in legal trouble, the sources said.
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