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Adam Schiff Calls On Devin Nunes To Remove Himself From Russia Investigation

... announcement, committee members still haven't seen the evidence, Schiff said. "There was no legitimate justification for bringing that information to the White House instead of the committee. That it was also obtained at the White House makes this departure all the more concerning," Schiff said. Nunes' spokesman would not comment on calls for the chairman to recuse himself. House Democrats have called for an entirely independent investigation, but short of that were coalescing around the call for Nunes to step aside. Among others, Schiff's Intelligence Committee colleagues Reps. Jackie Speier (D-Hillsborough) and Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin) have also called for Nunes to step aside from the investigation. The House and Senate intelligence committees are both investigating allegations that Russia tried to interfere with the presidential election and what, if anything, the Trump campaign knew about it. "So far, too many people in the White House and administration, and now the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, have betrayed their duty to conduct an ...

Harsh Portrayal Of Their Hometown Congressman Devin Nunes Riles His Neighbors And Friends

... Cervantes of Tulare says even if he disagreed with Rep. Devin Nunes, he would respect him as congressional leader. LEWIS GRISWOLD __link__. The entrance to the Presidential Estates gated community in Tulare where Rep. Devin Nunes, the Republican leader of the House Intelligence Committee, lives. LEWIS GRISWOLD __link__. 1 of 5. Order Reprint of this Story. Nunes & Sons dairy north of Tulare, where embattled local congressman Devin Nunes learned the dairy business as a youth, is feeding and milking Jersey cows 24 hours a day. Jersey cows produce more milk fat than other dairy breeds, making the milk worth more. But a detail like that is easy to lose sight of, and the image of cows with huge udders ready for milking makes it easy for the national media to portray the leader of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence as, well, maybe not up to the task when the controversy involved alleged Russian attempts to disrupt an American presidential contest. That’s a view that plain annoys farmer ...

Did Nunes’ Disclosure Of Secret Intelligence Data Violate The Law

... odd ending to what was a big week for the California Republican. On Monday, Nunes had chaired a rare open hearing of his usually secretive intelligence committee where the topic was Russian meddling in the U. S. presidential election. In that hearing, FBI director James Comey made the bombshell announcement that the ongoing investigation into the meddling includes looking at whether members of the Trump campaign colluded with Russia in undermining the election. Comey said criminal charges were a possibility. During that hearing, Nunes and other Republicans spent a great deal of time questioning Comey and National Security Agency head Admiral Mike Rogers about the seriousness of revealing information from secret FISA warrants. While questioning Comey, Nunes said “I remain extremely concerned about the widespread illegal leaks that you just referenced in your — in your testimony. Just for the record though, I wanna get this on the record. Does the unauthorized disclosure of classified information to the press violate 18 USC 793, a section of the Espionage Act that ...

The Dual Roles Of Devin Nunes Raise Questions About House Investigation

... the depiction. “That account is inaccurate,” Langer said. He declined to elaborate. To review classified files without breaking the law, Nunes would have needed to do so at a secure facility. Congressional officials said that the director of National Intelligence, the FBI and National Security Agency had all indicated that they got no late-night visit from Nunes, a trip that probably would have been entered in security logs. Nunes has repeatedly refused to say where he went or whether the documents were provided by the White House, including when confronted by committee members during a closed-door meeting on Thursday, officials said. White House spokesman Sean Spicer also refused to rule out a White House role in providing access to the files. “I don’t know where he got the documents from, so I can’t say anything more than ‘I don’t know,’ ” Spicer said during ...

Devin Nunes Plot Thickens, As His Spokesman Concedes He Met Source For Surveillance Claim At White House

... them over to the House Intelligence Committee space. “. He added: “The White House grounds was the best location to safeguard the proper chain of custody and classification of these documents, so the Chairman could view them in a legal way.". Last week, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer had dismissed speculation that the White House had supplied Nunes with the information, saying that the suggestion did not pass the "smell test." He added, however, that he did not for sure what Nunes had told Trump or where his information came from. After Nunes apologized to members of his committee Thursday and promised to “thoroughly investigate” the surveillance, several lawmakers said Nunes had promised to provide them the surveillance information he had received. That has not occurred yet. In his first statement last week, Nunes said he was concerned that some Trump transition officials’ identities might have been improperly revealed in intelligence reports, despite ...

Kushner Offers To Meet With Senate Intel Committee Over Russia Meetings

... transition team. And Schiff was given the microphone for the Democrats' weekly rebuttal to Trump, to make the case for an independent commission. "Congress should establish an independent commission that has the staff, resources and single-minded focus necessary to investigate this matter," Schiff said. "Most important, as the events of this week demonstrate, an independent commission will be able to conduct its work insulated from any political interference.". But a simple fact of life remains: House Democrats are almost powerless in the minority. They cannot force Ryan to do anything, they can only attempt to make it incredibly uncomfortable to continue supporting Nunes. Republicans appeared ready to dismiss the need for an independent commission Sunday. "I heard my friend from California (Schiff) mention an independent commission," House Intelligence Committee member Trey Gowdy, a South Carolina Republican, told CBS ...

Top Democrat Throws The Hammer Down On Nunes, Demands He Recuse Himself From Russia Probe

... on Twitter Add to Google+ Connect on Linked in Share on Pinterest Subscribe by Email Print This Post. Democrats aren’t backing down on their commitment to give the American people a fair and independent investigation into Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, with ranking Democrat Adam Schiff of the House Intelligence Committee now urging the GOP committee chairman Devin Nunes to recuse himself from the probe. Video from MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews. In a statement released earlier, Schiff said, “I believe that [Nunes] should recuse himself from any further involvement in the Russia investigation, as well as any involvement in oversight of matters pertaining to any incidental collection of the Trump transition, as he was also a key member of the transition team.”. “This is not a recommendation I make lightly, as the Chairman and I have worked together well for ...

Devin Nunes Sees The Headlights

... the bill. In 2018, when the bill takes effect, a 150-pound man would exceed the limit with two beers, and a 120-pound woman could exceed it after a single drink, the Associated Press writes. Meanwhile, in California, Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, has introduced SB 698, seeking to set a standard for driving while stoned by combining low levels of alcohol with any controlled substance or THC. Their take. San Diego Union Tribune: Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Tulare, owes America an apology over Trump briefing. LA Daily News: Here come new machines to produce more change at superhuman speed. It’s being called the fourth wave of industrialization, a technological revolution affecting almost every industry in every country. East Bay Times: The Lake Oroville spillway disaster has been a public-relations nightmare from the beginning, but DWR keeps making matters worse with its words and actions. Charlotte Observer: Millions of working-class Americans enthusiastically supported ...

Trump Transition Communications Were Swept Up In U.s. Spying On Foreign Targets, Rep. Nunes Says

... team late last year and reports of the conversations were circulated within the government, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Wednesday. "I recently confirmed that on numerous occasions, the intelligence community collected information on U. S. individuals involved in the Trump transition," Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) told reporters. The eavesdropping appears to have been legal and inadvertently picked up Trump associates because they were communicating with individuals under government surveillance, Nunes suggested. The surveillance was apparently unrelated to an ongoing FBI counterintelligence investigation into whether Trump campaign aides coordinated with Russian intelligence agencies that sought to interfere in the 2016 presidential race, Nunes said. "Details about U. S. persons involved in the incoming administration with little or no apparent foreign intelligence value were widely disseminated in intelligence community reports," he said. Under the law, identities of Americans whose communications are picked up by intelligence eavesdropping of foreign targets are supposed to be kept confidential unless the conversations relate to ...