McConnell: Intel Committee Should Probe Report On Rice Unmasking

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 12, 2016, following a Republican policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday evening said that he had asked the Senate Intelligence Committee to look into reports that Susan Rice asked for the names of Trump associates to be unmasked in intelligence reports.

“I have asked the Intelligence Committee, Sen. Burr, Sen. Warner, to conduct a bipartisan investigation of this whole episode,” McConnell told Fox News when asked about Rice. “They will conduct it. Hopefully at the end we will find out what happened and they will issue a report, I hope, on a bipartisan basis.”

“Anything related to Susan Rice or any of these other suggestions will be handled by the Intelligence Committee, and we look forward to receiving their report about what happened,” he added.

Conservatives have pounced on a report that Rice, the national security adviser under President Barack Obama, asked for the names of associates of President Donald Trump to be unmasked in intelligence reports. However, Rice has denied asking for names to be unmasked for political reasons, and experts say that she would be within her rights to request that names of U.S. citizens be unmasked.

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  1. Please do, sir.

    First piece of evidence is the job description of the head of the NSA.

    Witnesses on the docket - the folks who have already served in this position (with the exception of anyone related to Flynn).

    Go ahead. Make my day.

    Oh, and these have to be broadcast on all the major networks - not just C-Span - live and unedited. That will cement your legacy for history, sir.

  2. Sure, and when the Senate committee quickly finds no smoke nor fire, what 1/2 azzed concoction of ‘Obama did something’ will they think of next?

    Their efforts at deflection from the traitorous team in the White House seem doomed to failure, just like Trump’s entire agenda.

  3. heheheheheh…Yeah, do that…hehehehhehehe

  4. Mitch and Paul Ryan know that their legacy as Congressional leaders is going to be one of horrific incompetence.

    What a sh*tty last thought to have as you drift off into la-la land knowing tomorrow will be another day sucking donkeydicks. and needing to smile doing it.

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