Former staffer says Trump corrupted Devin Nunes: 'Pressure on him from the WH was too great'

[DonViejo]

BRAD REED
04 APR 2018 AT 14:48 ET

The total collapse in trust between Republicans and Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee during the Trump presidency has been a major story for more than a year now, and a new report in The Atlantic sheds some more light on how this breakdown occurred.

One former staffer who worked for a Democratic member of the House Intelligence Committee tells the publication that Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) used to have a good working relationship — but he said that the Trump White House successfully pushed Nunes to throw up roadblocks in investigating potential Trump campaign ties with the Russian government.

“A decision to be bipartisan makes all the difference,” the source said. “The Midnight Run was a mistake, but everything after that was a decision. And at the end of the day, Nunes decided not to be bipartisan. The pressure on him from the White House was too great.”

Even some hardline conservatives, such as former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh, have criticized Nunes for politicizing the intelligence committee and putting partisan loyalty above the committee’s mission to oversee America’s most vital secrets.

“He’s not searching for truth, he’s running interference for the White House, abdicating his role as a member of a coequal branch of government, dragging his fellow committee members down with him and exposing House leadership as ineffectual and foolish,” Walsh wrote in an op-ed this past February. “As a former congressman — but more important, as a citizen — that’s not what I want.”

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/former-staffer-says-trump-corrupted-devin-nunes-pressure-white-house-great/

[GusBob]

1. I can name that tune in just 3 words

Obstruction of justice

[gratuitous]

2. Even Joe "Fucknuts" Walsh?

Wow Devin; hard to conclude anything other than you screwed the pooch big time. I see "Trump Tool" chiseled on your gravestone. A proud moment for you, I'm sure.

[FarPoint]

3. Devin Nunes accepted his job as a Congressman..

Has a duty to " We the People".... pressure is only a weak excuse.

Devin had a Choice...he had powerful protection options as a Congressman...

Devin chose POORLY....It is that simple.

No excuse for treasonous acts.

[tazkcmo]

5. Yep.

The party of personal responsibility is very irresponsible.

[BigmanPigman]

4. Three wishes...

1. He is arrested and jailed for obstruction
2. He has to go bankrupt due to forfeiture of all assets and newly imposed fines
3. He loses his district in a landslide

[spanone]

6. bullshit. nunes went along knowingly. he should pay a huge price for it. imho

[Enoki33]

7. Correct.

[Cosmocat]

8. How Fin naive can these people be

Poor Devin, just got bullied by the whitehouse ...

OR, the POS was a member of the transition team and is russia dirty, too.

[UpInArms]

9. This 👆🏼

n/t

[deurbano]

15. I have assumed he is dirty since that makes the most sense.

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[ananda]

10. The incorruptible cannot be corrupted.

Period.

[Lucky Luciano]

11. When youve lost Joe Walsh... nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Pressure may have been present but it would never excuse Nunes behavior. . . . nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. I hope Mueller is in full possession of the facts about this "pressure", whatever it was. . . . nt

[world wide wally]

14. Wimp

[Achilleaze]

16. republicans have no moral fiber whatsoever

Selling America out... Nunes (R) should be shitcanned along with the other republican traitors

[ProudLib72]

17. ....

[marble falls]

25. Best video/song ever, btw. I will refuse to associate it with Devin "ouch that hurts" Nunes.

[CanonRay]

18. Joe "You Lie" Walsh-Statesman and Patriot

[Whiskeytide]

19. Hes not running interference for ...

... the WH. He’s running interference for himself. He was on the transition team. He’s up to his armpits in Boris and Natasha.

[True Blue American]

27. You are so right!

Nunes panicked that night he rushed to the WH because he found information that incriminated him. He tried to hide it!

That is also why he shut down the investigation he was in charge of.

[LiberalLovinLug]

20. Awwww

[cstanleytech]

21. Wonder if Mueller will be issuing a new indictment this time with Nunes name being used

as the one under indictment for obstruction of justice?

[vkkv]

22. "Ouch, that hurts..." 'Weak' Devin Nunes is his Trump nickname..

[VOX]

23. I will buy that only if 45 is authenticated to be the true Satan. No faking it, either.

So poor pitiful Nunes was subjected to 45’s fiendish mind control techniques? Hypnotized against his will?

Bullshit. He’s an adult (physically, at least) and therefore capable of NOT being a suck-up weasel. But HE ALONE MADE THE CHOICE to throw in with 45 as his official tattle-tale, snitch, and boot-licker.

[marble falls]

24. Even if only a 30 day sentence - please, please let there be a photo of him and his shyster....

lawyer surrendering to the US Marshall Service to go to jail and then I'll be over that treasonous weasel.

[pecosbob]

26. Personally I don't think we can blame Trump for Nunes being a worthless pos

He just attracts those people like stink draws flies.

[Moostache]

28. Of all the "impossible" things that I have experienced since Nov. 2016...

Actually AGREEING with Joe Fucking Walsh has got to be the rock bottom, doesn't it???? PLEASE???

[Honeycombe8]

29. I hope "Trump Tool" on forehead tattoo stays w/Nunes for life, like a stench that doesn't wash out.

A ruined career. While we watch him wait for Trump to show HIS loyalty in return.

But it could go the other way...big fat job in corporate America or lobbying waiting for him. Maybe a landslide win in his District?

[niyad]

30. can you corrupt someone who is not open to corruption?

[Solly Mack]

31. Fart noises.

He did what he wanted to do.

[BSdetect]

32. Has Mueller interviewed Nunes? That would be revealing.