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dalton99a

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Fri Mar 24, 2017, 01:21 AM Mar 2017

Rep. Nunes Is a Lapdog in a Watchdog Role

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/opinion/rep-nunes-is-a-lapdog-in-a-watchdog-role.html

Rep. Nunes Is a Lapdog in a Watchdog Role
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | MARCH 23, 2017

Representative Devin Nunes looked uneasy. Mr. Nunes, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, was struggling on Monday to elicit details from James Comey, the F.B.I. director, about his explosive revelation that the bureau is investigating whether Russia and the Trump administration colluded to sabotage Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy. That disclosure, Mr. Nunes said, had put “a big, gray cloud” over the White House.

On Wednesday, Mr. Nunes tried to replace that cloud with a smoke screen. In a possible violation of the law, Mr. Nunes described intelligence reports that he said had suggested that American intelligence agencies incidentally intercepted communications of then President-elect Trump and people close to him, and then disseminated the information widely throughout the intelligence community. His disclosures, which have destroyed the credibility of his committee in investigating Russian interference in the election, make clear that he is unfit for the job and should be replaced.

Mr. Nunes’s remarks, which appeared to be deliberately vague, gave President Trump cover for his baseless claim that President Barack Obama had illegally wiretapped his phones. After making his disclosures during a news conference on Wednesday, Mr. Nunes went to the White House to brief the president. In a startling break with tradition, Mr. Nunes, a Republican, briefed reporters before sharing his findings with fellow members of the committee, who are from both parties. Mr. Trump portrayed the congressman’s assertions as a vindication of his widely discredited accusation. “I very much appreciated the fact that they found what they found,” Mr. Trump said.

Mr. Nunes, who served on Mr. Trump’s transition team, was never a suitable choice to lead a congressional investigation into the role the Russian government played in last year’s election. He is clearly more interested in having his committee examine the manner in which American intelligence agencies collected information about the Trump campaign than in determining what that information shows.
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Rep. Nunes Is a Lapdog in a Watchdog Role (Original Post) dalton99a Mar 2017 OP
Nunes is afraid Putin will murder him. He gets his orders Lint Head Mar 2017 #1
We can always hope anyway world wide wally Mar 2017 #2
Bad karma, healthy impulse SusanaMontana41 Mar 2017 #5
+1 C Moon Mar 2017 #3
Kick BadgerMom Mar 2017 #4

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
1. Nunes is afraid Putin will murder him. He gets his orders
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 02:24 AM
Mar 2017

from The Orange Mafia Underling who is under Putin The Crime Boss. If Nunes doesn't rat on the investigators, who'er seeking a potential prosecution, he will be rubbed out. Thrown off a building. Or end up under cement of a parking lot. Guest of one of Trump's criminal contractors.

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