Sure, foreign intelligence targets (“bad guys”) often talk about the President-Elect, but those intercepts probably wouldn’t be masked in the first place. So fulfilling Graham’s request would put people like Kellyanne Conway, Manafort, Bannon, Ivanka, etc, in a really tough spot.— Ned Price (@nedprice) May 19, 2020
Beyond putting an uncomfortable spotlight on Trump campaign associates in contact w foreign intelligence targets, Graham’s letter also makes clear the Flynn-Kislyak calls weren’t contained in Grenell’s release last week.— Ned Price (@nedprice) May 19, 2020
Is he trying to discredit Trump’s conspiracy theories? pic.twitter.com/nhDcXKMh0y
I know it’s not!— Gen Michael Hayden (@GenMhayden) May 19, 2020