Nunes Says 'Good Try' When Asked If He Really Stepped Aside From Russia Probe

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By MATT SHUHAM Published JUNE 7, 2017 11:12 AM

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee would not say on Tuesday whether he had stepped aside from the committee’s probe into potential ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, nor would he say whether he would continue to issue subpoenas related to the matter.

“Good try,” Nunes told a CNN reporter, the network reported, after the reporter asked the congressman if he had truly stepped aside from the investigation, and if he would continue to sign subpoenas.

CNN’s Tom LoBianco tweeted the exchange:

Link to tweet

“I’m not going to talk about Intelligence Committee business,” Nunes reportedly said, asked again about his role in the committee’s investigation into Russian election meddling.

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[Zoonart]

1. Arrogant little POS.

[riversedge]

3. yes, he is.

[riversedge]

2. As long as Speaker Ryan allows this to happen, it will.

[riversedge]

4. hoho!! A Nunes aide clamins the unmasking issue is separate from the Russia probe!!

What an idiot!!




Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/nunes-wont-say-if-he-stepped-aside



...............“I’m not going to talk about Intelligence Committee business,” Nunes reportedly said, asked again about his role in the committee’s investigation into Russian election meddling.

On June 1, Nunes issued subpoenas to the National Security Agency, the FBI and the Central Intelligence Agency, demanding information on the how the names of Trump campaign and transition staffers who communicated with Russians had become un-redacted, or “unmasked,” in intelligence reports.

An unnamed Republican congressional aide told the Wall Street Journal that Nunes’ unmasking investigation was considered separate from the Russia probe.

The leading Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), said he was not consulted about the subpoenas, and that they were a violation of what he called Nunes’ “recusal” from the investigation.

Nunes, in fact, only claimed on April 6 to have allowed other committee Republicans to “temporarily take charge of the Committee’s Russia investigation,” a distinction an unnamed Republican aide pointed out to CNN.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Who should respect snotty, flippant toss-offs from a man allegedly working for U.S. citizens? n/t

[lark]

6. Nope, his sole role is to disrupt the committees hearings into Russia.

Doing it now with distraction about whistleblowers and unmasking by Obama when he's the one who was continually trying to unmask people in classified information. Everyone knows House Committee's efforts on Russia are a joke and not going anywhere, mainly thanks to Nunes personal efforts to throw everyone off the scent. He's just another Russia implicated Repug.

[Ligyron]

7. Somebody in the GOP must have major dirt on this idiot.

No one would willingly act this stupid or incompetent.

[deurbano]

9. Somebody in the GOP, or somebody in another country...

Of course, that doesn't mean he's not stupid and incompetent, too.

[dawnie51]

8. I want to see this little prick....

in shackles. Soon.