Accordingly with forensic professionals, the unmasking of Schultz and Podesta emails was made through hardware (like thumb drive) and not Russian hack. Similar statement was made in January 2017 by Obama stating that the premise that the source was Russian was “inconclusive” even after Clapper tried to blame the Russians.

Old claims re-surface that the spying on GOP candidates and Bernie Sanders was taking place using Intelligence community resources and contractors including unmasking of 260 people by Samantha Power .