Devin Nunes Just Gave An Interview That Was A Total Disaster For Trump

[riversedge]

The interview video is at the link. I watched it live and left more confused than ever.
WHY did Nunes wait 3 days to provide his explanation??



Devin Nunes Just Gave An Interview That Was A Total Disaster For Trump

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/03/27/devin-nunes-gave-interview-total-disaster-trump.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

By Jason Easley on Mon, Mar 27th, 2017 at 7:05 pm



House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) ...................

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Rep. Nunes refused to say who cleared him for admission to the White House. He also refused to deny that it was a White House staffer who cleared him for admission. The House Intel Committee chairman said, “Look, Wolf, I’m not going to get into sources and methods and how we review documents and classified information. This happens all over the Executive Branch, and it’s quite common.”

Wolf Blitzer told him that the records are going to come out anyway, and Nunes agreed, but still refused to disclose any information about how he got into the White House and who he was talking to.

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The interview was a complete train wreck. Nunes offered answered to questions that contradicted themselves. For instance, Nunes tried to claim that his source was a whistleblower, but also that the whole process and the intelligence he saw were routine.

Nunes said that he thought what he saw in the documents was in his opinion wrong, but he refused to say that what he saw was illegal.

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The old cliche is that the cover-up is worse than the crime. In the case of the Trump/Russia scandal, the crime could be treason, and it is the cover-up that is going to intensify the investigation and scrutiny on Donald Trump.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Nunes could have avoided all of this if he had conducted his life as a patriot.

[randr]

4. He'll break and save his own ass

[Doitnow]

44. Members of a gang support each other----until they don't.

[Renew Deal]

2. Nunes is making it up as he goes

It's one lie after another and it's obvious

[L. Coyote]

19. No, there is a concerted plan, carefully scripted, to blame Obama for illegal spying.

And they want to thrown him in jail.

Schumer: Ryan should replace Nunes on Intel chair

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday stepped up his criticism of House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, calling on House Speaker Paul Ryan to replace him.

"Without further ado, Speaker Ryan should replace Chairman Nunes," the Senate minority leader said from the floor. "If Speaker Ryan wants the House to have a credible investigation, he needs to replace Chairman Nunes." .........

[Bradical79]

3. My favorite quote out of this:

"If I wanted to, I could have snuck onto WH grounds at night when nobody would have seen me"

He's not a smart man is he?

[dalton99a]

7. He lies like a 10-year-old.

[Warpy]

11. No, in a party that values ignorance, his worth is measured in diamonds.

Because he's not smart and because he is obviously frightened that Corsi, Ryan, Dolt45, and his own committee are going to leave him twisting in the wind, he's starting to make a lot of mistakes.

He might be the first party dupe they manage to flip.

I don't trust Flynn as a witness. He's a hardass who knows how to play the game. Nunes isn't and doesn't.

[mercuryblues]

32. I think Flynn flipped

because of his son. His son was his aide/chief of staff right up to the pizza place shooting. His son and wife announced they were having a baby on election day.

I think they have something on his pride and joy and he is spilling everything he knows to protect his son and soon to be grandchild.

[Warpy]

36. Interesting theory

but Flynn is enough of a hardass that he'll say as little as possible to satisfy any investigation.

[Leghorn21]

40. The impression I'm getting is that Flynn will sing loud and long in order to secure himself

a righteous plea bargain? - I know zilch, but I'm gathering that in criminal conspiracy cases (or whatver the hell this thing is), the quicker you spill the beans, the less time you get sentenced to prison...which is one sweet incentive - ?

[mercuryblues]

45. The 1st one to make a deal

gets the best deal. Flynn also has 3 stars to lose. That has to be eating him up inside.

[FakeNoose]

49. Flynn will sing like a canary

He's probably already talking. Not a single word on Flynn coming out of the WH.
Why is that, I wonder?

[rainbow4321]

26. Next Spicer questioning needs to be: So you guys let people sneak into the WH

Because Nunes makes it sound so matter-of-fact....

[Arkansas Granny]

5. Why did he wait 3 days? He had to get his story straight with Trump's people.

When you tell a lie you have to keep coming up with more lies to cover the first lies you told. It gets complicated.

The truth is easier because you only have to remember it once.

[erronis]

48. No wonder they don't have time to govern, to fight for their campaign promises

They are so damn busy trying to remember which lie the other one said just a few minutes ago.

I've been there - trying to maintain falsehoods. Fortunately it was when I was 10 or so. I learned (mostly) and grew up (somewhat.)

[mcar]

6. Incompetent

Every one of them.

[furtheradu]

8. Thanks for this!

No cable here, enJOYed Your post!

[Glimmer of Hope]

9. Why do the press conferences and interviews? He just makes matters worse for himself.

Very odd conduct.

[MGKrebs]

18. That's my question too.

All he does by talking and not answering is give the press more motivation to dig.
Hmmm...

[Satch59]

10. My head was spinning...

First he said he knew about this Intel before Trump wrote his tweet, then said he needed to tell the president the day after he went to WH... He said names were unmasked, but then when asked if they were, he said it was clear who was being talked about but didn't say if actual names were used...

I honestly just think he's really dumb and is in way over his head... Hope the MSM pokes bigger holes in this Swiss cheese...

[Eyeball_Kid]

13. It's a ruse.

Nines saw Trump for a different reason: the disclosure of damning classified information that is new and that Trumpy hadn't yet seen, IMO.

[Amaryllis]

20. Lawrence O'Donnell said on a segment last week; cant' remember which day, that he was in way over

his head. Ryan appointed him to this position but he has NO experience that would qualify him for it.

[panader0]

14. Guilty eyes.

[Worktodo]

15. "Doesn't involve Russia"

This guy's behavior and explanations are so very confusing. He could explain WTH happened to someone else on his committee and they could vouch for him, but he hasn't even done that.

[L. Coyote]

16. This is part of the scripted Obama lynching, mark my words, all Dog and Pony Show.

They are trying to paint the #TrumpRussia investigation as Obama's illegal spying, deep state, a sore loser libtard's coup, a conspiracy of leakers, yata, yata, same old Benghazi political crap in a new package. The strategy is to get the investigation muted as political, to get the evidence thrown out. It is the strategy of criminals who know they have been caught and have no other recourse.

[MadLinguist]

29. I agree, it's exactly that, and the more curlicues and embellishments on

the fake wiretap-puh story, the greater the noise they hope to generate so as to pollute, counter or in any way damage the Russian connection story. So all this Nunes shyte, comings and goings to the White House, and press briefings here, there and yonder are all to feed that noise channel. In my opinion, Nunes is too dumb to even understand the role that has been assigned him.

[rurallib]

31. totally agree - this should be a thread on the front page

[L. Coyote]

42. Yes, "Donald Trump's Cyber-Lynching of President Obama...."

That's what is going on.

[ThoughtCriminal]

17. Every picture of him seems to have that "Sex scandal" lip and eyes look

[deek]

23. superb collage! n/t

,

[dhol82]

21. Is that flop sweat I see on his brow?

Should be.

[George II]

22. I suspect covering up treason is indeed treason in itself. Who do these guys think they're kidding?

Are they more afraid of the Russians than our own justice system?

I don't believe in the death penalty, but these folks are going to be lined up like the victims of the French Revolution. Do we have enough tumbrils?

[RedSpartan]

24. *gulp*

https://www.facebook.com/thisamericancarnage/photos/a.632944816892620.1073741828.612124958974606/642534149267020/?type=3&theater

[Initech]

25. This whole thing is getting weirder and weirder.

[riversedge]

30. Nunes to me just now: I had to go to the White House to meet with a source. Can no one go to the Wh

Nunes has always said WH grounds prior to this--now he just said White House!!.....ummm...



Kyle Griffin‏Verified account @kylegriffin1 4h4 hours ago

Kyle Griffin Retweeted Robert Costa

This is a very strange response.




Kal‏ @kalyankee 4h4 hours ago

@kylegriffin1
Me to my 10 yo - what's that behind you in your hands?
10 yo - can no one hold their hands behind their back anymore?
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Andrew Kay‏ @akcommerce59 4h4 hours ago

@kylegriffin1 It's what a cheating husband answers his wife when she asks why he's been to a strip club
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Bet‏ @bett1230 4h4 hours ago

@kylegriffin1 @RedLinke he's really bad at this cover-up thing
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Justine B.‏ @Cuprikorn66 4h4 hours ago

@kylegriffin1 Nunes is sooooo compromised. Republicans, please put your country before your party!
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Vive la résistance‏ @feistybunnygirl 4h4 hours ago

@kylegriffin1 @costareports wait, this morning he said he had to go to the WH because it was the only place he could view sensitive material



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Robert Costa‏Verified account @costareports

Nunes to me just now: “I had to go to the White House to meet with a source. Can no one go to the White House anymore?”

Link to tweet

[Ccarmona]

27. Nunes Is a Glorified Back-bencher

Who's in way over his head. He's a dairy farmer that knows nothing about Intelligence gathering.

[Doodley]

28. The more they talk, the more they reveal their lies.

[Initech]

33. It's like peeling an onion.

The more the layers are peeled back, the more it stinks, and the more likely you are to cry as a result of it.

[Cha]

34. KR!

[czarjak]

35. Rope...

More rope, please!

[kairos12]

37. Without a Special Counsel nothing will happen. And the Reich Wing

will never agree to one. Never. Ever. A Select Committee will accomplish nothing.

We are stuck for four years.

[elmac]

38. a little birdie told me

[MrScorpio]

39. Leave it to a GOPr to do incompetent like it's nobody's business.

FDT.

[spanone]

41. did bannon pick him to destroy this committee?

an honorable congressman would have kept his distance

now Schiff has called for him to recuse himself.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/27/politics/adam-schiff-nunes-recusal-russia/index.html

add that he was on trump's transition team.....

[SleeplessinSoCal]

43. I HATE...

Politucususa.

Clickbait.

[NBachers]

46. "Yer not too bright, are ya, kid?"

[Sunlei]

47. He refused to say who admitted him? That's public record and has to be disclosed. He doesn't have to

He doesn't have to say what they talked about, but 'visitor records' for WH are a public record available on OUR white house.gov website.

IMO-He probably met with trump because trump can't/won't read reports or messages and wants face to face meetings so there are no permanent paper/phone records.

This Russia collusion and hacked stolen files USED by Republicans isn't even supposed to be about NUNES.

He was supposed to ask questions, interview suspects under oath- not collude with Republicans to hide crimes. Get someone else to ask questions

[Still In Wisconsin]

50. The Republicans have always valued "useful idiots" but

Nunes seems to be a bit heavy on the idiot part!

[lunasun]

51. I was trying to see where his name is from due to spelling . It's Portuguese but I

found that on wiki and started then reading the rest of his detail . OK he is of Portuguese descent but there is much more...
He is a Koch bro nutter . He should not be allowed to pull this sham
Never heard of him until recent 'activities' but he is a rw wacko
Amazing is he ran unopposed in '16 !
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Nunes