Tag: Devin Nunes

Newly released documents prove GOP lied about FBI’s Russia probe

The following article by Emily Crockett was posted on the ShareBlue.com website July 23, 2018:

We now know that Trump and Republicans shamelessly lied to the American people about why the FBI decided to investigate the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.

The Trump administration released a pile of documents on Saturday that proves what most sensible observers already knew: Trump and Republicans shamelessly lied to the American people about why the FBI decided to investigate the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.

These documents — the FBI’s original requests for surveillance on Trump campaign aide Carter Page — come to us thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request from multiple news outlets.

The documents were heavily redacted, but they still told us a lot — most importantly that House Republicans lied, and probably knew they were lying, with their “release the memo” debacle earlier this year.

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Trump attack dog Nunes busted using campaign donations as personal funds

The following article by Oliver Willis was posed on the ShareBlue.com website July 20, 2018:

Rep. Devin Nunes, one of Trump’s top supporters in Congress and the point man for obstructing the Russia investigation, has been caught using his PAC to buy thousands of dollars in personal luxuries.

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. Credit: Bill Clark, CQ Roll Call, AP

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) has been caught using campaign money he raised pushing pro-Trump conspiracy theories on lavish luxuries for his personal enjoyment.

According to recently filed spending reports, Nunes used his PAC, called New PAC, to buy steak dinners, limousine rides, and nearly $15,000 in tickets for the Boston Celtics, all listed as fundraising expenses.

Nunes’ PAC also spent $3,593 at the 4-star Omni Parker House hotel in Boston on the same date of the Celtics games.

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GOP Senate intel chair rips House committee’s sham Russia probe

The following article by Carolne Orr was posted on the ShareBlue.com website May 9, 2018:

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, walks away from a meeting with House GOP members, on Capitol Hill January 30, 2018 in Washington, DC. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

‘I’m not sure that the House was required to substantiate every conclusion with facts.’

Senate Intelligence Committee chair Richard Burr (R-NC) just threw some serious shade on the the Republican-led House Intelligence Committee’s Russia probe, saying his colleagues didn’t “substantiate every conclusion with facts.”

Burr made the remarks Tuesday, in response to a reporter’s question about whether the Senate intel committee’s report on Russian interference would agree with the findings of the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA). That report concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence operation aimed at helping Trump and hurting Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. Continue reading “GOP Senate intel chair rips House committee’s sham Russia probe”

Secret intelligence source who aided Mueller probe is at center of latest clash between Nunes and Justice Dept.

The following article by Robert Costa, Carol D. Leonnig, Devlin Barrett and SHane Harris was posted on the Washington Post website May 8, 2018:

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Last Wednesday, senior FBI and national intelligence officials relayed an urgent message to the White House: Information being sought by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes could endanger a top-secret intelligence source.

Top White House officials, with the assent of President Trump, agreed to back the decision to withhold the information. They were persuaded that turning over Justice Department documents could risk lives by potentially exposing the source, a U.S. citizen who has provided intelligence to the CIA and FBI, according to multiple people familiar with the discussion and the person’s role. Continue reading “Secret intelligence source who aided Mueller probe is at center of latest clash between Nunes and Justice Dept.”

Nunes blames ‘radical leftists’ for his failing re-election campaign

The following article by Caroline Orr was posted on the Shareblue.com website April 28, 2018:

With his congressional seat in danger, Devin Nunes is desperately blaming his own failures on imaginary boogeymen.

Credit: Joshua Roberts

With his House seat no longer considered ‘safe’ by election forecasters, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) is looking for someone to blame for his failing re-election campaign.

Instead of considering that his own failures may explain his sinking campaign, Nunes is pointing the finger at the right-wing’s go-to boogeyman: “radical leftists.” Continue reading “Nunes blames ‘radical leftists’ for his failing re-election campaign”

House Intelligence Committee Republicans release final Russia report

The following article by Matt Zapotosky, Karoun Demirjian and Greg Miller was posted on the Washington Post website April 27, 2018:

President Trump said April 27 he was “very honored” by a report by House Intelligence Committee Republicans from a probe into Russia’s influence campaign. (The Washington Post)

House Intelligence Committee Republicans on Friday released a redacted version of their final report from a year-long probe of Russia’s “multifaceted” influence operation, generally clearing President Trump and his associates of wrongdoing while accusing the intelligence community and the FBI of failures in how they assessed and responded to the Kremlin’s interference in the 2016 election.

The report charges the intelligence community with “significant intelligence tradecraft failings,” suggesting, without saying explicitly, that Russia’s main goal was to sow discord in the United States and not to help Trump win the election. It says investigators found “no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded, coordinated, or conspired with the Russian government,” even as it details contacts between campaign officials and Russians or Russian intermediaries. Continue reading “House Intelligence Committee Republicans release final Russia report”

‘It’s taken partisanship to a place it’s never been.’ Inside the House Intelligence Committee.

The following article by Karoun Demirjian was posted on the Washington Post website March 21, 2018:

House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), right, and ranking member Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) confer during a break from the panel’s hearing with then-FBI Director James B. Comey in March 2017. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)

The House Intelligence Committee will vote Thursday to approve a Republican-drafted report that aims to be Congress’s first official word on just what Russia and the Trump campaign did during the 2016 presidential election, a document expected to further complicate what’s become a contentious relationship among the lawmakers who have conducted the investigation.

Over the past year, the demand for a detailed, public assessment of Russian interference and the allegations of collusion surrounding President Trump has inspired three congressional panels to examine the actions of Trump’s affiliates during and after the election. But where others have mounted a bipartisan effort, the House Intelligence Committee has fractured along party lines, earning a reputation more for sniping than as a voice of investigative authority. Continue reading “‘It’s taken partisanship to a place it’s never been.’ Inside the House Intelligence Committee.”

Intel panel Republicans seem to back away from finding that Russia was not trying to help Trump

The following article by Karoun Demirjian was posted on the Washington Post website March 13, 2018:

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) makes a startling claim about the Russian investigation. But there’s no evidence to back it up. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)

The leader of the House Intelligence Committee’s Russia investigation seemed to back off Tuesday from the most surprising finding in the GOP’s report that Russia was not trying to help President Trump, as the panel’s top Democrat trashed the product as a political gift to the White House.

Rep. K. Michael Conaway (R-Tex.) told reporters Tuesday that “it’s clear [Russian officials] were trying to hurt Hillary [Clinton]” by interfering in the 2016 election and that “everybody gets to make up their own mind whether they were trying to hurt Hillary, help Trump, it’s kind of glass half full, glass half empty.” Continue reading “Intel panel Republicans seem to back away from finding that Russia was not trying to help Trump”

Republicans on House panel, excluding Democrats’ input, say there’s no evidence of Russia collusion

The following article by Karoun Demirjian was posted on the Washington Post website March 12, 2018:

President Trump called the conclusion of the Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee “a powerful decision that left no doubt” of collusion. Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post

House Intelligence Committee Republicans say they have found no evidence that President Trump and his affiliates colluded with Russian officials to sway the 2016 election or that the Kremlin sought to help him, a conclusion at odds with Democrats’ takeaways from the congressional panel’s year-long probe and the apparent trajectory of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation.

The findings are part of a 150-page draft report that Rep. K. Michael Conaway (R-Tex.), who oversees the committee’s Russia probe, announced on Monday. It will probably be weeks before the document is made public. Continue reading “Republicans on House panel, excluding Democrats’ input, say there’s no evidence of Russia collusion”

Senate Intelligence Leaders Say House G.O.P. Leaked a Senator’s Texts

The following article by Nicholas Fandos was posted on the New York Times website March 1, 2018:

Senator Richard M. Burr, right, and Senator Mark Warner, the leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Credit Andrew Harnik/Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee has concluded that Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee were behind the leak of private text messages between the Senate panel’s top Democrat and a Russian-connected lawyer, according to two congressional officials briefed on the matter.

Senator Richard M. Burr of North Carolina, the committee’s Republican chairman, and Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat, were so perturbed by the leak that they demanded a rare meeting with Speaker Paul D. Ryan last month to inform him of their findings. They used the meeting with Mr. Ryan to raise broader concerns about the direction of the House Intelligence Committee under its chairman, Representative Devin Nunes of California, the officials said. Continue reading “Senate Intelligence Leaders Say House G.O.P. Leaked a Senator’s Texts”