Devin Nunes recuses himself from the House probe on Russia

UNTIL light is shed on any role President Donald Trump’s entourage may have played in Russia’s campaign to disrupt the presidential election, heads will keep rolling. Mike Flynn was sacked as national security adviser because he misled the vice president about the nature of his conversations with the Russian ambassador; Jeff Sessions, the attorney-general, recused himself from the ongoing Department of Justice investigation into the matter. On April 6th Devin Nunes, a Republican from California who is chairman of the intelligence committee, announced he would step aside from leading his committee’s investigation into the Russian affair. The congressman has come under increasingly intense fire for his handling of the Russia inquiry because of allegations that he may have disclosed classified information to the White House.

“Several left-wing activist groups have filed accusations against me with the Office of Congressional Ethics,” Mr Nunes said in a statement. “The charges are entirely false and politically motivated, and are being levelled just as the American people are beginning to learn the truth about the improper unmasking of the identities of US citizens and other abuses of power.”...Continue reading

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