House Intelligence Chairman: Justice Department hoping 'Republicans will lose the House'

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/18/politics/devin-nunes-doj-fbi-obstruction/index.html

Donald Judd, CNN

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(CNN)House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes blasted the Justice Department and the FBI for having "actively obstructed a congressional investigation" with what he sees as a political goal of waiting out Republican investigators.

In an interview with fellow Republican Rep. Sean Duffy, Nunes warned the Justice Department and FBI "are putting all their chips in on that the Republicans will lose the House and all of these investigations will shut down."

"Now you would think, if you thought the Russians were colluding with the Trump campaign, and that there was this massive event taking place, to where the Russians were trying to help Donald Trump get elected and they were colluding and passing information or dumping emails in the direction of them, you would've thought that Congress would've been briefed back in 2016," Nunes told Duffy's "Plaidcast" podcast.

Nunes continued, "So, not only did that not happen, now Congress has said, 'Well wait a second, we need to see what evidence you have to open this investigation, how did it start, give it all to us.' ... And it's been like pulling teeth. It's been very, very difficult."


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[htuttle]

1. Congress WAS briefed in 2016 -- McConnell quashed it

Of course, Nunes knows that already...

[riversedge]

6. Nunes to talking to Duffy-another Repug just like him.

[jpak]

2. When Dems take over the House, they are going to kick your sorry traitor ass Nunes

Twice.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. "House Intelligence Chairman" what a misnomer!

[riversedge]

4. @devinNunes is a crybaby

[ProudLib72]

7. Devin Nunes is the lap dog of a lap dog

And that's getting pretty damned low down on the totem pole. Taking that into consideration, you have to wonder why anyone even gives a shit what he says.

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5. This from the party that obstructed garland to "wait out" the obama presidency....

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

8. Amen.

"My Mom didn't tell me not to....so I'm doing it anyway."

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

9. What worries me about that...is justice folks

dragging their feet so they don't have to do the dirty work. they'll wait on the election, then see what happens, if the gop cheats again..."ah shit, We are going to stop the investigation w the 30 foreigners." job done, collect pensions on early retirement.

[cbreezen]

10. My take on Devin Nunes' crazed involvement...

leads me to the US House of Represenatives, the RNC, Dana Roherbacher and Paul Ryan.

I still believe that the RNC platform change, as regards Ukraine, is the missing puzzle piece.

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11. That got me too.

[cbreezen]

12. I'd prefer to be wrong, and hope I am...

but, I tend to be way too cynical!

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13. It was so obviously careless. Like someone said do you want any changes to the platform to

the Trumpies and they said no. We have no agenda changes when Trump had many policies on the stump that went against the GOP........ oh except for this one really specific thing that involves some remote country Trump never talked about. So weird.

[cbreezen]

18. Shared cynicism!

So hard to find these days!

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19. I have no idea what Mueller will find out that has not been published.

No idea.

[hlthe2b]

14. NOT helping your case, Nunes.

I so hope he might get the boot. Come on, CA 22

[Saguaro]

15. I hope Nunes is kicked to the curb in November

Yes, I know he's in deep, red California, but that's a huge agricultural community, and they're currently getting the shaft from the trade war. One can hope that the right DEM opponent can spell it out for these people.

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16. Canadians are not buying American if they can help it. Canada has the same population as

California. We have our own veggies and fruits in the summer but come fall, if Trump keeps up the attacks on Canada, it may hurt prices of agriculture products in California where we get so much of our produce.

[Wellstone ruled]

17. Oh boy,

Sean Duffy,Hayward Wisconsin's contribution to the world of GOP Stupid.