New York (CNN Business) It was a conspiracy that Fox News portrayed as one of the greatest — if not the greatest — political scandals in American history. Tucker Carlson called it a "domestic spying operation" that was "hidden under the pretext of national security." This week, however, the conspiracy theory collapsed when The Washington Post reported that a Justice Department investigation into the supposed scandal quietly ended with no charges. Information about Americans is anonymized in US intelligence reports for privacy reasons. Obama-era national security officials have said they "unmasked" Flynn while trying to decipher these unorthodox diplomatic dealings.

Source: CNN October 14, 2020 18:33 UTC