Former FBI Asst. Director James Kallstrom (who passed away yesterday) in 2018, talking with Lou Dobbs:

"He got away with it because he was a lieutenant in Obama's intel army. ...

What they did to General Flynn is just an absolute, total outrage. The American people should be outraged. You know, what they did to him... They bankrupted him... They made him sell his house... They made him do all kinds of things over nothing, over some grudges. ... They were out of control what they did to him -- in violation of the Constitution. They're in violation of the privacy regulations. The unmaskings... Hundreds of unmaskings... Maybe thousands.... It was all part of this scheme that was hatched in the White House (BO)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyNUK_gkBas