General Discussion

JI7

(89,264 posts) Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:33 AM Mar 2017

Does Putin have something on Nunes ?

While they only released things on Democrats, they did hack into both sides.

Nunes comes off really strange . it could just be that he is an idiot like many of them.

he especially looks bad next to Adam Schiff .

16 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Does Putin have something on Nunes ? (Original Post) JI7 Mar 2017 OP

Could be both that he's involved, and that he's an idiot. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #1

you have to wonder about the hubris that gets these people in trouble. ginnyinWI Mar 2017 #5

He's got that dead man walking vibe C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #2

Nunes/Trump vs Intel community rainbow4321 Mar 2017 #3

Nunes also does business with Russia womanofthehills Mar 2017 #4

Yes, Nunes is ALSO acting as a man who doesn't want to go to jail uponit7771 Mar 2017 #6

Devin Nunes has most of his net worth tied up in a company that does business in Russia womanofthehills Mar 2017 #7

Yup...here is the distribution company his winery uses in Russia rainbow4321 Mar 2017 #8

You're on to it... dexdah Mar 2017 #9

Russian intelligence probably has Nunes on tape with underage girls womanofthehills Mar 2017 #10

that's what i was thinking when i wrote this OP JI7 Mar 2017 #15

More on Nunes/Russia rainbow4321 Mar 2017 #11

so that pretty much means Putin has control over that money JI7 Mar 2017 #12

What am I missing ? 50k doesn't seem much ? OnDoutside Mar 2017 #13

Odder is all the online info about the winery is about the lawyer who started it up rainbow4321 Mar 2017 #14

This is a more up to date value OnDoutside Mar 2017 #16

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,836 posts)

1. Could be both that he's involved, and that he's an idiot.

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:39 AM

Mar 2017

Considering that he was on the Trump transition team he might have some involvement or awareness of Russian contacts (meaning, of course, that he has no business on the House intelligence committee), plus he seems pretty stupid and over his head. What he did was a very dumb and obvious attempt to help Trump. He should be kicked off that committee (at least), but since that would have to be done by Paul Ryan that won't happen. Maybe his intent was to delegitimize his own committee, but that seemed like a really stupid way to have done it.

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)

5. you have to wonder about the hubris that gets these people in trouble.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:54 AM

Mar 2017

Getting into all this and not thinking they will be caught? Thinking that nobody is going to be able to touch them? Spending so much time laughing at Democrats that they convinced themselves they were bullet-proof?

C_U_L8R

(45,020 posts)

2. He's got that dead man walking vibe

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:44 AM

Mar 2017

Don't know if that's his personality
Or if that's the look of a person facing
the end of their career and... everything

rainbow4321

(9,974 posts)

3. Nunes/Trump vs Intel community

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:47 AM

Mar 2017

Earlier this evening I posted links about Nunes' ongoing beef with the intel community. He probably thought getting in bed with drumf would help his case given that they both have trashed the intel agencies publically. Nunes thought he could team up with the class bully for protection and to get his way.

And now reality has sunk in and he is panicking. Does he really think drumf will protect his ass??

womanofthehills

(8,763 posts)

4. Nunes also does business with Russia

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:53 AM

Mar 2017

Louise Mensch?Verified account @LouiseMensch

by the way, I don't think @DevinNunes is either loyal to Trump or quite this stupid.

I think the #kompromat Russia has on him must be epic.

uponit7771

(90,364 posts)

6. Yes, Nunes is ALSO acting as a man who doesn't want to go to jail

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:57 AM

Mar 2017

womanofthehills

(8,763 posts)

7. Devin Nunes has most of his net worth tied up in a company that does business in Russia

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 01:07 AM

Mar 2017

House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes went to extraordinary – and possibly illegal – lengths today when he announced that he had learned from unnamed “sources” that the Donald Trump transition team had been picked up on U.S. intel wiretaps, and that it all had nothing to do with Russia. Nunes is clearly trying to cover for Trump in a manner which goes beyond mere Republican Party lines. It turns out Nunes has his own personal financial ties to Russia which may be motivating him.

Nunes publicly revealed his supposed revelation today without saying where he got it from, without bothering to run it past anyone else on his committee first, and without consulting the FBI first, even though it’s actively investigating the Trump campaign due to its collusion with Russia. He then ran to the White House and briefed Donald Trump on the supposed information, leading to question of how Nunes could have classified information that Trump doesn’t have access to.

The stunt by Devin Nunes was clumsy, risky, suspicious, desperate, and likely to backfire on him. So why is Nunes putting himself at such great risk to try to create a distraction on Trump’s behalf? Let’s talk about the financial business that Nunes conducts with Russia. In addition to being a Congressman, he’s part owner of Alpha Omega Winery LLC. According to the Los Angeles Times he has $50,000 of his own money tied up in the winery, which is remarkable considering that the same report lists his total net worth at just $51,002. In other words, the winery is all Nunes has.

According to Scott Dworkin of the respected Democratic Coalition Against Trump, the Nunes’ winery has a Russian distributor who is close to Vladimir Putin. This means Nunes has the vast majority of his small net worth tied up in a business venture which partially relies on sales in Russia. At the least, Nunes benefits greatly if Trump remains in office long enough to continue repealing Russian sanctions. Is this why Nunes is so desperate to protect Trump?

https://www.palmerreport.com/news/russia-devin-nunes-donald-trump/2019/

rainbow4321

(9,974 posts)

8. Yup...here is the distribution company his winery uses in Russia

Reply to womanofthehills (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 01:32 AM

Mar 2017

http://www.super-brands.ru/archdocs/LUDING_en.pdf

Largest trading company in Russia, per this link.

Weird thing about Nunes...like you said...doesn't (officially) have hardly any money (ranked like 330th or so in "worth" list, I assume in his part of Congress?). He gets only 30 percent or so of his donations from his own district, the rest is other parts of CA or other states.

I worked in his district for a few months last year. Very low income area, known to be the least educated population in the **country**, lots of "Farmers for Trump" banners all over the fields at the time....Visalia, Tulare, Dinuba are among his cities. His constituents are the ones who are gonna get screwed the MOST by drumf so he has pretty much sold them out.

I think he had images of getting to run with the big, rich dogs when he grabbed a hold of drumf's political coattails...and now he is paying the price.

dexdah

(45 posts)

9. You're on to it...

Reply to womanofthehills (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 01:36 AM

Mar 2017

Nunes has investments in Alpha Omega Winery in Napa. The winery has a party boat, the USS Alpha Omega, out of SF. The winery has settled a lawsuit involving drugs and prostitution on board their party boat by a company employee. Does Nunes party a bit too much for a conservative valley boy, and some in russia know it?
https://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataid=176634

womanofthehills

(8,763 posts)

10. Russian intelligence probably has Nunes on tape with underage girls

Reply to dexdah (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 01:42 AM

Mar 2017

Malcolm Nance in his book "The Plot to Hack America" says Russian Intelligence usually gets these guys on tape with young women - because it is such an easy thing to do.

JI7

(89,264 posts)

15. that's what i was thinking when i wrote this OP

Reply to womanofthehills (Reply #10)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 04:27 AM

Mar 2017

rainbow4321

(9,974 posts)

11. More on Nunes/Russia

Reply to womanofthehills (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 01:44 AM

Mar 2017

http://addictinginfo.org/2017/03/22/bombshell-devin-nunes-entire-net-worth-sunk-in-company-with-strong-ties-to-russia/

It’s also odd that Alpha Omega Winery would have a relationship with Russia’s largest distributor when they only have a relationship with one Western nation (Switzerland). They don’t have any relationships with any other distributor in the EU, which means no relationships with NATO allies at all.

Then there’s the fact that Nunes is one of the people Trump called upon to refute news about the whole Russia scandal. That right there compromised the House’s investigation into Trump and Russia because it blurs the lines between the intelligence community, the White House, and Congress.

JI7

(89,264 posts)

12. so that pretty much means Putin has control over that money

Reply to womanofthehills (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 02:23 AM

Mar 2017

OnDoutside

(19,970 posts)

13. What am I missing ? 50k doesn't seem much ?

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 03:42 AM

Mar 2017

rainbow4321

(9,974 posts)

14. Odder is all the online info about the winery is about the lawyer who started it up

Reply to OnDoutside (Reply #13)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 04:21 AM

Mar 2017

He lists his net worth at 51k...so 50k investment means all but 1k is in the winery biz.

I'd like to see the investment paperwork about that 50k that Nunes has cuz HIS name doesn't show up ANYwhere in ANY of the online articles about the winery.
All the online articles talk about are the owners who started it up and run it now. What exactly is Nunes getting for that 50k "investment" and was that a one time investment?
If "all of his money/net worth" is invested in this winery, wouldn't his name be mentioned SOMEwhere in all the online references about the winery?

Wonder if anyone called the winery folks and asked if Nunes is also an owner since he claims all of his worth is invested into the winery? Might be news to the winery....

OnDoutside

(19,970 posts)

16. This is a more up to date value

Reply to rainbow4321 (Reply #14)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 04:59 AM

Mar 2017

http://members-of-congress.insidegov.com/l/116/Devin-Nunes#Net%20Worth&s=4zI4vt

Representative Nunes has an estimated net worth of $83,001 as of 2014, making him significantly less wealthy than the average member of Congress and 44th among all members from California.

Nunes' net worth was 92% less than the average member of Congress and 90% less than the average representative. When compared to the California Congressional Delegation, Nunes had a net worth that was 91% less than the average.

His campaign committee has over $3m cash on hand.

This 50K doesn't ring true. He's been in Congress for 14 years and all his investments amount to 50K ???

Reply to this discussion