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Bill USA

(6,436 posts)
Wed Mar 29, 2017, 08:19 PM Mar 2017

Devin Nunes Story About His White House Grounds Visit Simply Isn't Credible

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[font size="3"]It’s looking more and more like there was some kind of collusion between Nunes and the White House.[/font]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nunes-trump-surveillance-white-house-credible_us_58dbd216e4b05463706418e9



WASHINGTON ― Of the many questions surrounding House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), and his conduct in investigating President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, the most puzzling has to be his explanation for his recent visit to the White House grounds. People who have worked in the White House suggest that, on this matter, Nunes and the White House simply aren’t being credible.

For those just catching up: Last week, Nunes caused a stir when, with no prior notice to his fellow committee members, he announced that he’d received information showing that Trump transition officials had been caught inadvertently in surveillance operations targeting suspected foreign spies, and that their names appeared in internal intelligence reports. No one seemed to know where Nunes had gotten this information, and the congressman, who went to the White House to brief the president on his findings, would only say that he had an anonymous source. He has refused to name his source even to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the intelligence committee.

Over the weekend, it was reported that Nunes ditched his own staff the night before making his announcement. On Monday, the news broke that he had gone to the White House grounds to use a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility ― basically, a room or area that meets certain rigorous security standards ― to get the information that formed the basis of his accusations.

This raised the distinct possibility that the White House itself had been the source of the information, and that it had given that information to Nunes so he could provide Trump with some cover for his baseless accusation that former President Barack Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower. (The FBI and Nunes himself have said there is no evidence to support Trump’s claims.)

The White House and Nunes both deny that there was any collusion, and the White House has argued that it is possible Nunes came to the grounds without anyone from the administration knowing about it.

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"the White House has argued that it is possible Nunes came to the grounds without anyone from the administration knowing about it. " ... jesus, life in trump land is getting more and more surreal every day!


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Devin Nunes Story About His White House Grounds Visit Simply Isn't Credible (Original Post) Bill USA Mar 2017 OP
Nothing about that dumb SOB is credible Warpy Mar 2017 #1
It's all getting far too weird, everything, more suspicious by the minute. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2017 #2
They Need To Find The Uber Driver That Drove Nunes.... global1 Mar 2017 #3
His lies are so transparent and amateurish. dalton99a Mar 2017 #4

Warpy

(110,913 posts)
1. Nothing about that dumb SOB is credible
Wed Mar 29, 2017, 08:22 PM
Mar 2017

He's far too stupid to make a credible liar and completely lacks the bullying bluster of his president. Expect him to continue compounding his mistakes as this goes on and he becomes more frightened.

global1

(25,169 posts)
3. They Need To Find The Uber Driver That Drove Nunes....
Wed Mar 29, 2017, 09:32 PM
Mar 2017

that night and ask him where he took Nunes and dropped him off. I wonder if anyone is following up on that?

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