CNN: Nunes didn't read document that prompted Russia investigation

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) declined to read a two-page document containing the evidence used by the Department of Justice (DOJ)and FBI to open a counterintelligence probe into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia even after demanding access to it, CNN reported on Friday.

Nunes had complained to the Department of Justice that a previous version of the document sent to members of the committee was "heavily" redacted and insufficient for the panel's investigation into whether the DOJ and FBI acted on political bias in originally launching the Russia probe.

The chairman went so far as to suggest impeachment proceedings against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray if they did not hand over an unredacted copy of the document.

But when Rosenstein relented and allowed Nunes and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) to view the document behind closed doors at the Justice Department, Nunes did not open the folder containing the document, four sources told CNN.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/386243-cnn-nunes-didnt-read-document-that-prompted-russia-investigation

Trump's little butt kissing toady.

[struggle4progress]

1. Maybe he's just functionally illiterate

[DUgosh]

2. Now everybody is gonna know

He can’t read

[mercuryblues]

3. I'm shocked

Shocked, I tell you. More like I am shocked that Nunes didn't set the file on fire while screaming "see I told you it didn't exist" then run out of the building.

[northoftheborder]

4. weird

[procon]

5. Another one of his cheap political stunts.

Comprehension depends on the ability to read, but neither of those skills are a Republican requirement. Nunes was grandstanding, but it's backfired and he's trying to put his loyalty to Trump over his oath of office.

[Gothmog]

6. Nunes is an idiot

[Gothmog]

7. Nunes needs to be charged with obstruction of justice

Link to tweet

[MurrayDelph]

8. "I said I wanted to see it

"I didn't say I wanted to read it."

[Takket]

9. Kind of hard to claim investigators abused the warrant system

When you won’t look at the evidence used to pull the warrant.