Trump’s ‘Obamagate’ conspiracy theory just got blown to pieces

President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have in recent weeks latched onto a vague conspiracy theory, dubbed Obamagate, that centers on former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
It accuses Obama administration officials of improperly “unmasking” Flynn’s name in intelligence reports monitoring former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak’s communications.
But a Washington Post report on Wednesday blew up that allegation when it revealed that Flynn’s name was never “masked” in the first place.
The Obamagate conspiracy theory also accuses former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden of having advance knowledge of the FBI’s plans to interview Flynn about his communications with Kislyak.
But a newly declassified email appears to debunk that claim as well.

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