Devin Nunes subpoenaed CIA, FBI, NSA without telling Democrats

[mhw]

http://amp.smh.com.au/world/trumprussia-devin-nunes-subpoenaed-cia-fbi-nsa-without-telling-democrats-20170601-gwhsnu.html

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Trump-Russia: Devin Nunes subpoenaed CIA, FBI, NSA without telling Democrats


June 1 2017 - 10:13AM
Jonathan Landay and Mark Hosenball


Washington: A political feud erupted on Wednesday over the US House Intelligence Committee's probe of suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, with charges that the panel's Republican chairman subpoenaed the CIA, FBI and National Security Agency without telling Democratic members.

Committee aides complained that the chairman, Representative Devin Nunes, who publicly recused himself from leading the Russia probe in April following a secret visit he paid to White House officials, failed to consult Democrats on the subpoenas.

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The former officials named in the subpoenas were Obama national security adviser Susan Rice, former US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power and former CIA Director John Brennan.

"Subpoenas related to the 'unmasking' issue would have been sent by Chairman Nunes acting separately from the committee's Russia investigation. This action would have been taken without the minority's (Democrats') agreement," said a senior committee aide, speaking on condition of anonymity. "Any prior requests for information would have been undertaken without the minority's knowledge."

Another congressional source, who also requested anonymity, insisted that Democrats were "informed and consulted" before the subpoenas were issued.

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Conaway assumed Republican leadership of the probe after Nunes recused himself. Nunes retained his power to issue subpoenas.

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....New York Times. It reported that Cohen was involved in a back-channel plan, which never came to fruition, that would have involved a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, and the lifting of US sanctions against Moscow.

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[flamingdem]

1. Little rat that one

[mhw]

2. He should go to prison for that shit.

[Leghorn21]

5. Prison and more prison, mhw. Move him to a different prison every year. Just when he settles

in and gets the hang of things, BAM - new prison.

Fug it - move him every 6 months, I'd be so very okay with that.

[mhw]

9. Lol..I like how you think. Do it for the rest of his sorry useless life.

*

[Docreed2003]

3. This guy is the turd that won't flush...

He's intentionally trying to sabotage the investigation by shifting focus and subverting the actual investigation. This guy needs to be investigated himself for all of his shenanigans. Unbelievable....IOKIYAR I guess...SMDH.

[still_one]

6. best thing that can be done to that asshole is send him back home in 2018 so we never have to hear

or see his ugly face again

[democratisphere]

12. Agreed. Devin Nunes needs to have his ass put under a microscope.

Nunes is just another wacky nutcase insane redumbliCON.

[CincyDem]

4. Informational chaff being fired to give the bots something to churn into "news".

Get these three up there, create sound bites that can taken out of order and fed to the base a repackaged "It's all Obama's fault" messaging.

[C_U_L8R]

7. He's not that bright

and this will blow back just like his other dumb moves.

[Kahuna7]

18. Yep. I'm sure he/trump will not like what those former IC folk have to say.

[roamer65]

8. Must be on Kislyak's payroll.

[Wellstone ruled]

10. Appears Mr. Nunes is doing his best to

change the Narrative of all and any investigations. Nunes has his ass to cover and any deception will delay these Hearings.

[spanone]

11. they will use every dirty trick in the book... this is bullshit

[Freethinker65]

13. Use the time to question Nunes about his WH press conference

[L. Coyote]

14. Devin Nunes obstructed justice and leaked classified info.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[mhw]

16. There it is also. Scott Dworkin also has it up & there's no keeping it quiet now.

What's Putin got on Nunes?

He did this to blow up Meuller's investigation.

[DeminPennswoods]

33. Nunes is still trying to carry water for WH

He's trying to help sustain their ridiculous story on "unmasking" being a big deal when it's not.

[L. Coyote]

36. Nunes is heavily invested in Russia.

Devin Nunes violates House rules and his recusal, issues subpoenas without Democratic support

[mhw]

37. Geezus. Must be crowded in that big bed.

Ugh.

[mhw]

15. Here's the Twitter feed if you want to read the pissed off comments.

One comment saying that Portugese Intel informed Comey..

There are some pretty good photoshop pics posted that I've never seen.

Worth a read.

https://mobile.twitter.com/JonathanLanday/status/870078322486779905

[ProudLib72]

17. They need to rip those subpoenas up

on national TV.

[pbmus]

19. Kakistrophic klusterf....

[imanamerican63]

20. I though Nunes requised himself from the investigation?

What a @$$ if he is trying to block the investigation and it looks like he is involved up to eyeballs in this!

[mhw]

23. He retained the power to issue subpoenas

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Conaway assumed Republican leadership of the probe after Nunes recused himself. Nunes retained his power to issue subpoenas.

[malaise]

21. Didn't he step down from this investigation?

Something is very wrong here.

[mhw]

25. He did. But cleverly kept the power to issue subpoenas.

Now we know what his real purpose was in being named to that position in the first place.

Every dictator has his loyal protectors.
Someone has dirt on Nunes if he shows disloyalty.
Or...

Its the mob afterall.

[Achilleaze]

22. Ratso republicans Vs. Truth and the American people

freaking republican Cabal of Colluding Comrades is selling out America to the freaking evil empire* of Russia.

* per ronald reagan

[bresue]

24. Nunas' Continues to try to Play in the Big League

but only shows his own ignorance and inexperience. Schiff is a seasoned prosecuter and will do rounds around him.

[OnDoutside]

31. Completely agree.

[OnDoutside]

26. MSNBC never mentioned that Nunes went off on a solo run with these Subpoenas, as if they were

ALL issued by the joint Committee.

[mhw]

27. Must have been somehow omitted from their talking points.

We should really forward this link to Maddow or Lawrence.
Its kind of a big deal..

[OnDoutside]

28. You would think so, wouldn't you ? Peter Alexander just put this down to Dem said/Rep said.

[mhw]

29. Sure, we'll just call it a sqwabble & move on..he said/he said

No wonder America is losing itself.

[OnDoutside]

30. Update : I've just started listening to Rachel's show with

Ari Melber from last night, and they are talking about Nunes doing 3 subpoenas on his own. Strange they don't mention it today.

[SDJay]

32. How Is This Scum

not under arrest? He's fucking with the intelligence community deliberately to screw up the search for truth. As said upthread, it's actually a good thing he's so stupid, as it'll only make it that much easier to expose this turd when the time comes. He's no match for the IC or Mueller.

[PRETZEL]

34. Nunes great big fishing trip

I'm getting a feeling that these subpoenas are his (and possibly the Trump team) way of finding out just what the underlying facts were that led the the unmasking and just how deep the intelligence went during the campaign.

I don't see this as an attempt to muddy Mueller's investigation in the least. Mueller would have easy access under his investigation to have (or to eventually see) the full reporting and the basis of facts that led to these unmaskings. If he was trying to muddy the waters, the optics of these subpoenas would be very different and more than likely would be coming from someone like Trey Gowdy, not Devin Nunes. Conaway in no way could have done this as it would have required Schiff to sign off on them also, which wasn't going to happen, imo.

Nunes, at least as far as I can tell, is trying to find out for the Administration just how deep the water is right now, not how deep the ocean really is.

[BumRushDaShow]

35. The Ethics folks can't act soon enough with him.