So Devin Nunes just told an NBC reporter that he will never be sharing the Russia surveillance intelligence, that he viewed at the White House and shared with the president, with the rest of the House Intelligence Committee doing the investigation.
He has no problems telling the subject of the investigation he is running where the investigation is going and what intel is currently available, but he will never be telling rest of the committee actually doing the investigation.
https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/statu...26423423766529
Republicans solidarity is cracking with some like Walter Jones, Lindsey Graham and McCain criticizing Nunes and calling for him to recuse himself from all further Russia-Trump investigations while Democrats are calling for an independent investigation.
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Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) on Tuesday told The Hill that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) should "absolutely" recuse himself from his panel's investigation into Russia's meddling in last year’s election.
Jones, a member of the House Armed Services Committee who frequently bucks leadership, is the first Republican in Congress to call on Nunes to step aside.
"How can you be chairman of a major committee and do all these things behind the scenes and keep your credibility? You can't keep your credibility," Jones said just off the House floor.
“If anything has shown that we need a commission, this has done it by the way he has acted. That's the only way you can bring integrity to the process. The integrity of the committee looking into this has been tainted."
Jones is the only Republican co-sponsor on a measure from Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) that would establish an independent commission to probe Russian interference in the U.S. election.
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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/32...recuse-himself
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...sources-236581
http://shareblue.com/lindsey-graham-...ility-to-lead/
Meanwhile democracy advocacy groups have filed Federal Ethics Complaint Against Rep. Nunes for Violating Espionage Act, House Rules.