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When President Trump tweeted unfounded claims the Obama Administration had wiretapped Trump Tower, Cohen-Watnick attempted to substantiate the accusations. Cohen-Watnick collected classified files that made mention of times Trump campaign officials turned up in routine surveillance of foreign individuals and shared them with the NSC’s top lawyer, John Eisenberg. The two then involved Michael Ellis, another NSC attorney who had worked for Representative Devin Nunes, chair of the House Intelligence Committee.
On the evening of March 21, 2017, Nunes got a phone call and rushed to the White House where he reviewed the collected classified documents. The next afternoon, he held a press conference saying he had information about Trump associates’ names turning up in foreign surveillance reports. He then went to the White House to brief the President before returning again to address the press.
On March 29, 2017, The New York Times identified Cohen-Watnick and Ellis as Nunes’ sources.