Graham Requests Names of Officials Who Unmasked Trump Campaign, Transition Team

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) speaking with attendees at the 2015 Iowa Growth & Opportunity Party at the Varied Industries Building at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, on Oct. 31, 2015. (Gage Skidmore/[CC BY-SA-2.0 (ept.ms/2utDIe9)])

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday requested the names of any Obama-era officials who may have sought to unmask the identity of people associated with the Trump campaign or transition team around the time of the 2016 presidential election.

The request comes after Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Richard Grenell on May 13 released a list of 39 Obama administration officials who submitted requests to unmask the identity of former Trump administration national security adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn from Nov. 8, 2016 to Jan. 31, 2017.