Ryan backed Nunes in spat with Justice Dept. over Russia documents, sources say
Source: CNN
House Speaker Paul Ryan backed his fellow congressional Republican, House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, during a meeting over the Russia investigation Wednesday, capping off a months-long dispute between the committee and the Justice Department, multiple sources with the knowledge of the situation told CNN.
CNN reported Wednesday that Ryan met with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI head Christopher Wray in his Capitol Hill office, but details emerged Thursday providing new insight into how a nasty inter-branch dispute has quietly subsided -- at least for now.
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While Ryan had already been in contact with Rosenstein for months about the dispute over documents, Rosenstein and Wray wanted to make one last effort to persuade him to support their position. The documents in dispute were mostly FBI investigative documents that are considered law enforcement sensitive and are rarely released or shared outside the bureau.
During the meeting, however, it became clear that Ryan wasn't moved and the officials wouldn't have his support if they proceeded to resist Nunes' remaining highly classified requests, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the meeting.
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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/04/politics/paul-ryan-nunes-justice-department/index.html
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)The Mueller train is rolling.
Phoenix61
(17,003 posts)Have you ever tried to read a redacted document? Not much left when all the "sensitive" info is blacked out.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)Ryan is such an evil piece of trash. Just so fed up watching these criminals walk free.
marble falls
(57,080 posts)it really doesn't matter what they do or think, the Mueller train has left the station and it will not be derailed.
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)Paul Ryan's name will live in infamy just like his fellow Wisconsonite Joe McCarthy.
cstanleytech
(26,290 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)wants to know just how much information is known about THEIR involvement with Russia. Plenty, is my thought. Ryan is talking about retiring from politics before the next election. He is rumored to be thinking about a presidential run in the future (fat chance) Once it is revealed just how deep into this Russia fiasco he is, he will be lucky to avoid jail time. McConnell just sits back and lets others do the finding. Traitors, the entire gop.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)TomCADem
(17,387 posts)He likes to play the role of respectable establishment figure, but this exposes that he is in on the cover up with Nunes. Nunes is just doing the public work, but Ryan is totally in on it as this story demonstrates.
cstanleytech
(26,290 posts)of contacting the Russians in the first place.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)atreides1
(16,076 posts)...that Ryan was one of the many Republican recipients of Russian largess, and that he and McConnell decided who received contributions and the amounts they received!
old guy
(3,283 posts)Let's all be honest. Does anyone really think Ryan would do anything different?
mcar
(42,307 posts)If it doesn't involve taking money away from the old and poor, he doesn't care.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,917 posts)Guil-tee.
kairos12
(12,858 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)and all will be forgotten? Investigations and evidence does disappear if in the GOP hands, but the FBI info is secure and backed up whether or not Mueller or Ryan are still here in a year.