US Politics in Trump era Public date: 02.10.2020 20:59:01

20 Jan 2018

Republicans are accusing the Obama Administraion of Abuse of Power. They have a duty to show evidence.

Social media last night and today have been flooded with inflammatory and quite dramatic claims now being made by congressional Republicans about a four-page memo alleging  abuses of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act spying processes during the 2016 election. This memo, which remains secret, was reportedly written under the direction of the chair of the House Permanent Select  Committee on Intelligence, GOP Rep. Devin Nunes.
Social media last night and today have been flooded with inflammatory and quite dramatic claims now...
6 Apr 2017

Devin Nunes to Step Aside From House Investigation on Russia

Representative Devin Nunes, the embattled California Republican who is chairman of the Intelligence Committee, announced on Thursday he would step aside from leading his committee’s investigation into Russia’s efforts to disrupt last year’s presidential election. Mr. Nunes, the Intelligence Committee chairman, said his decision came after “left-wing activist groups” filed accusations against him with the Office of Congressional Ethics.
Representative Devin Nunes, the embattled California Republican who is chairman of the Intelligence Committee, announced...
29 Mar 2017

Devin Nunes Says He Will Continue to Lead Russia Inquiry

The Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee rebuffed  calls on Tuesday to recuse himself from the panel’s investigation into  Russian meddling in the presidential election, as Democrats accused him of stalling the inquiry by canceling the committee’s meetings.
The Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee rebuffed  calls on Tuesday to recuse himself from the...
29 Mar 2017

Nunes: I’ll ‘Never’ Reveal Sources, Even To Other Members Of House Intel Committee

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) is staying mum. On Tuesday, he said he would “never” comply with requests to disclose the source of his allegations that communications involving the Trump transition team were “incidentally” collected by U.S. intelligence agencies. “Will you share your sources?” an ABC reporter who confronted Nunes in a Capitol Hill hallway asked. “We will never reveal sources,” he replied. “Even to the other members of the committee?” “Nope,” he said. “Never.”
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) is staying mum. On Tuesday, he said he would “never” comply...

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29 Mar 2017

The controversy over Sally Yates’s planned testimony before Congress, explained

The House Intelligence Committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election is embroiled in yet another controversy. A new report from the Washington Post’s Devlin Barrett and Adam Entous says that Trump administration officials wouldn’t approve former acting  Attorney General Sally Yates’s planned testimony before the committee on certain topics, claiming they were “likely covered by the presidential communications privilege.”
The House Intelligence Committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election is embroiled in yet...
28 Mar 2017

How the White House and Republicans Blew Up the House Russia Investigation

The evidence is now clear that the White House and Devin Nunes, the  chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, have worked together to  halt what was previously billed as a sweeping investigation of Russian interference in last year’s election. “We’ve been frozen,” Jim Himes, a Democratic representative from Connecticut who is a member of the Committee, said.
The evidence is now clear that the White House and Devin Nunes, the  chairman of the House...

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