Devin Nunes, the GOP chairman of the House intelligence committee has consistently played down any hints that Trump's campaign was cooperating with the Russians who were conducting a cyber attack during the election. Jennifer Rubin, a conservative columnist for the Washington Post, argues that Nunes cannot defend Trump and also chair the House committee that is supposed to be investigating Trump. Nunes has been briefing the president on information that his committee has been reviewing. He also announced that Trump was truthful when he tweeted that members of Trump's campaign have been subject to data collection by intelligence agencies. "Incidental" intelligence was discovered when members of his campaign had contacts with foreigners who were under surveillance by US intelligence agencies. That, of course, is not what Trump claimed in his tweets about Obama ordering wiretaps of his phones.
The Democrats on the House intelligence committee were not informed about Nunes' contacts with Trump or his intention to publically reveal secret information collected by the intelligence committee. Its unlikely that Democrats will continue to work with Nunes on the House committee's investigation. They will defer to the Senate committee, which has been less partisan, but it appears that an independent prosecutor will be required. Republicans in Congress are more interested in defending Trump than they are in protecting our country from spies.
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