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On Wednesday, House Intelligence head Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) offered some confirmation during a press conference that President Donald Trump and his team were under surveillance between Election Day and Inauguration Day. The president commented that he felt somewhat vindicated by Nunes visit to the White House to discuss the matter.
I very much appreciated the fact that they found what they found, he said.
Trump says he feels somewhat vindicated by Nunes: I very much appreciated the fact that they found what they found. pic.twitter.com/PwuEaICG2q
Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 22, 2017
However, Jeremy Bash, a former counsel to the House Intelligence Committee and security analyst, told MSNBC host Brian Williams, I think in the 40 years of the committees existence, since the post-Watergate era reforms
I have never heard of a chairman of an oversight committee going to brief the President of the United States about concerns he has about things hes read in intelligence reports.
The job of the committee is to do oversight of the executive branch, Bash continued, not to bring them into their investigation or tip them off to things that they might be looking at. Bash added that other members of the committee are likely horrified by Nunes decision to brief the president.
Its very concerning, Bash said. This is a true breakdown, Brian, in the entire oversight process.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rawstory.com/2017/03/ex-intel-committee-counsel-nunes-briefing-trump-on-investigation-is-a-breakdown-in-oversight-process/amp/
Kahuna7
(2,531 posts)uponit7771
(90,335 posts)... access to it already on CNN
orangecrush
(19,546 posts)Shit, this is better than fiction!
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)Could this be deflection from -
At least 33 people were killed in an airstrike that hit a school sheltering displaced people near Islamic State-held Raqqa
orangecrush
(19,546 posts)Not sure if related or not.
nikibatts
(2,198 posts)orangecrush
(19,546 posts)And ran to warn Trump.