CNN: Devin Nunes Did Not Read Documents He Requested
The House Intelligence chairman demands sensitive documents from the Justice Department.
Then he doesn't read them. https://t.co/SMt6hZgYpY pic.twitter.com/ghyEkxogrT
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Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, did not read documents he requested, according to a new report from CNN.
The report today says that Nunes had been demanding “a fully uncensored version of a highly sensitive document from the Justice Department explaining how the Russia investigation began in 2016,” but when he did receive it…
Facing the growing pressure, and outrage from President Donald Trump, Rosenstein finally relented in early April — and granted Nunes and Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina access to the document with only minimal redactions to protect the name of a foreign country and agent, along with all members of the House Intelligence Committee.
But when the pair arrived at the Justice Department to review the electronic communication, officials were caught off-guard by his next move. Nunes — sitting with a copy of the document in an unopened folder directly in front of him — opted not to read it, according to four sources with knowledge of the situation.
Other lawmakers like Trey Gowdy reportedly did review the documents.
CNN says Nunes declined to directly respond to the report, but a spokesperson for the congressman said, “I admire CNN’s unrivaled ability to faithfully produce foolish hit pieces on Republicans that are spoon-fed to them by anonymous sources.”
Nunes is expected to appear with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham tonight to respond.
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