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<\/p>\nHouse Intel Chair Devin Nunes Admits to Reviewing Surveillance Docs at White House Before Briefing Trump<\/b><\/p>\n
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This morning reports emerged that Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), the House Intelligence Committee Chair, reviewed classified documents at the White House\u00a0the day before he unilaterally relayed that\u00a0information to Donald Trump and later\u00a0made a\u00a0breathless announcement to the press that the\u00a0intel contained\u00a0information\u00a0that Trump and his advisors may have been captured in\u00a0incidental surveillance of other targets.<\/p>\n
On Monday afternoon, Nunes admitted that he did review the documents at the White House, the Washington Post<\/em> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) went to the White House last week<\/a> \u201cin order to have proximity to a secure location where he could view the information provided by the source,\u201d Nunes\u2019s spokesman, Jack Langer, said in a statement. Langer said that Nunes also met an unidentified source on the White House grounds.<\/p>\n Langer said that because the information had not been provided to Congress, Nunes could not have used secure facilities at the Capitol to review it. He added that \u201cthe White House grounds was the best location to safeguard the proper chain of custody and classification of these documents.\u201d<\/p>\n Nunes has still not relayed the specifics of the documents he reviewed to the other members of the House Intel Committee and canceled a meeting that was scheduled to be held today.<\/p>\n Senator Chuck Schumer on Monday called for House Speaker Paul Ryan to replace Nunes as the head of the committee.<\/p>\n Said Schumer:\u00a0\u201cWithout further ado, Speaker Ryan should replace Chairman Nunes. If Speaker Ryan wants the House to have a credible investigation, he needs to replace Chairman Nunes.\u201d<\/p>\n .@SenSchumer<\/a>: “If @SpeakerRyan<\/a> wants the House to have a credible investigation he needs to replace Chairman Nunes.” pic.twitter.com\/UL4ihema83<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) March 27, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The post House Intel Chair Devin Nunes Admits to Reviewing Surveillance Docs at White House Before Briefing Trump<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n