Top Republican: Controversy surrounding Susan Rice unmasking was 'created' by Devin Nunes

The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Friday that the controversy surrounding whether former National Security Adviser Susan Rice politicized intelligence about President Donald Trump and his associates "was all created" by House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes.

Republican Sen. Richard Burr, along with the rest of the Senate Intelligence Committee, met with Rice behind closed doors on Friday as part of their investigation into Russia's election interference. But he told CNN that he did not ask Rice about allegations that she inappropriately "unmasked" the names of Trump associates in intelligence reports last year.

"The unmasking thing was all created by Devin Nunes," Burr said, "and I'll wait to go through our full evaluation to see if there was anything improper that happened. But clearly there were individuals unmasked. Some of that became public which it's not supposed to, and our business is to understand that, and explain it."
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