The Members Of Congress Who've Aggressively Gone To Bat For Trump At All Costs
ROLL CALL: Trump's Biggest Enablers In Congress On Russia Probe
By Allegra Kirkland | January 19, 2018 6:00 am
The Trump administrations ongoing efforts to derail, undermine, and distract from the federal investigation into Russias interference in the 2016 election has had some crucial help from the Presidents enablers on Capitol Hill.
These Trump allies have turned public committee hearings with senior intelligence officials into debates about leaks to the media. Theyve proposed bills to decapitate special counsel Robert Muellers investigation, recasting the lifelong Republican former FBI director as a liberal hack. Theyve called for additional investigations into what they describe as anti-Trump bias at the FBI and DOJ. And of course, theyve aimed to change the subject by attacking Hillary Clinton.
In doing all this, theyve often appeared to put their loyalty to the president ahead of the need to conduct a full investigation into a major threat to national security.
In descending order, these are the GOP lawmakers who have most aggressively gone to bat for Trump.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA)
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)
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Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC)
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Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL)
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
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Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC)
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