Susan Rice Denies Playing Politics With Unmasking Requests

Published April 4, 2017 6:32pm ET



Former Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice on Tuesday denied abusing intelligence for political reasons during her time in the White House, after a report revealed that she requested the identities of Trump transition team members in intelligence documents on numerous occasions.

“The allegation is that somehow, Obama administration officials utilized intelligence for political purposes,” Rice said on MSNBC. “That is absolutely false.”

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