Former NSA Director James Clapper and former acting Attorney General Sally Yates
testified before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee this week about the unmasking of surveillance on Trump and his associates. It was part of a congressional investigation into whether Russia interfered in the election. Democrats claim the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians to influence the election.
The questioning focused heavily on Michael Flynn Trumps former National Security Advisor. Flynn was forced to resign after the unmasking revealed he had lied to the vice president about a conversation with the Russian ambassador.
Since the testimony appeared to back up what Trump has been saying he tweeted that it was nothing but old news!"
Media coverage of the testimony is focusing on the fact that Trump did not act right away to remove Flynn. But that is only a small part of what was revealed. More importantly Clapper and Yates did not provide any evidence of collusion with Russia. They also revealed more evidence of the surveillance of Trumps team.
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