(FAKE News) CNN's Lemon calls Susan Rice story a 'diversion'

The Hill ^ | April 4, 2017 | JOE CONCHA

[maggief]

CNN’s Don Lemon described reports that former Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice unmasked members of the Trump transition team a “diversion” during a report on Monday night.

Lemon then told his audience that his show “will not insult your intelligence” by focusing too much on the story.

“Let’s be very clear about this: there is no evidence whatsoever that the Trump team … was spied on illegally. There is no evidence that backs up the president’s original claim,” Lemon said.

“We will not insult your intelligence by pretending otherwise, nor will we aid and abet the people who are trying to misinform you, the American people, by creating a diversion.” Lemon's comments echo that of CNN national security correspondent Jim Sciutto, who earlier used similar language around the Rice story being “a distraction.”

“The idea that Ambassador Rice improperly sought the identities of Americans is false. There is nothing unusual about making these requests when serving as a senior national security official, whether Democrat or Republican,” said Sciutto, a former member of the Obama State Department until 2013.

“This appears to be a story largely ginned up, partly as a distraction from this larger investigation,” Sciutto concluded.

[M Kehoe]

NBC called it a diversion too.

Crow will soon be on their collective menus. And it will be served cold.

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