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Susan Rice's resurfaced 2017 comments denying knowledge of Trump team surveillance raise eyebrows
A three-year-old interview clip of former National Security Adviser Susan Rice resurfaced Tuesday after the declassified email she sent to herself on the final day of the Obama administration was released. It suggests Rice has lied about her knowledge about the Obama administration's surveillance of President Trump's transition team.
A three-year-old interview clip of former National Security Adviser Susan Rice resurfaced Tuesday after the declassified email she sent to herself on the final day of the Obama administration was released. It suggests Rice has lied about her knowledge about the Obama administration's surveillance of President Trump's transition team.
The clip comes from an April 2017 appearance on "PBS NewsHour." Rice was asked about the then-breaking revelations about members of President Trump's transition team having been surveilled before he took office.
"In the last few hours, we've been following a disclosure by the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes, that in essence, during the final days of the Obama administration, during the transition after President Trump had been elected, that he and the people around him may have been caught up in surveillance of foreign individuals and their identities may have been disclosed. Do you know anything about this?" PBS anchor Judy Woodruff asked.
"I know nothing about this," Rice said at the time. "I was surprised to see reports from Chairman Nunes on that count today."
However, the newly released email on Tuesday appeared to indicate Rice had knowledge of the surveillance that took place that led to the "unmasking" of then-incoming National Security Adviser (NSA) Michael Flynn from his communications with the then-Russian ambassador.
The email, which was written on Jan. 20, 2017, documented a Jan. 5 Oval Office meeting with then-President Obama and others, during which he provided guidance on how law enforcement needed to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential race. Click here for more on our top story.
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- Brit Hume says declassified Susan Rice email 'suspicious on many counts'
- Sen. Ron Johnson: Declassified Rice email shows Obama officials 'sabotaging the incoming administration'
- Hannity calls out FBI Director Wray after Rice email declassified
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