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iluvtennis

(19,880 posts) Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:04 PM Mar 2017

Nunes Backs Down From Assertion Trump Was Monitored

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nunes-backs-down-assertion-trump-was-monitored-n738151

MAR 24 2017, 11:05 PM ET
The chairman of the House intelligence committee has backed down from his dramatic assertion that Donald Trump and his aides were "monitored," by U.S. spies — a claim the Republicans have cited this week in emails to loyalists.

Rep. Devin Nunes told reporters Friday he can't be sure whether conversations among Trump or his aides were captured in the surveillance that has become a source of controversy since Nunes made it public in two news conferences this week.

"He said he'll have to get all the documents he requested from the (intelligence community) about this before he knows for sure," his spokesman, Jack Langer, said earlier.

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Seriously. WTF is going on with this guy.

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Nunes Backs Down From Assertion Trump Was Monitored (Original Post) iluvtennis Mar 2017 OP

why is he still allowed to handle documents? Why are any of them? luvMIdog Mar 2017 #1

Fear makes people do funny things. shraby Mar 2017 #2

+1000 dchill Mar 2017 #8

Didn't even win a news cycle, Devin gratuitous Mar 2017 #3

I can't believe we need to go through so many hoops just to appease the president's tinfoil hat Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #4

Agree - Its a fucking joke Juliusseizure Mar 2017 #13

I can't keep track of his nonsense. He needs to be removed from the committee. Stat. Glimmer of Hope Mar 2017 #5

He's having a breakdown MFM008 Mar 2017 #6

Devin Nunes no longer has any credibility and needs to resign democratisphere Mar 2017 #7

Remove this tool, now! onecaliberal Mar 2017 #9

I'm telling you... Blanks Mar 2017 #10

He has to go . lunasun Mar 2017 #11

You have two choices ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #12

A useful tool who wandered in far over his head, now panicking. NT enough Mar 2017 #14

Of course, he doesn't know... kentuck Mar 2017 #15

luvMIdog

(2,533 posts)

1. why is he still allowed to handle documents? Why are any of them?

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:06 PM

Mar 2017

shraby

(21,946 posts)

2. Fear makes people do funny things.

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:07 PM

Mar 2017

dchill

(38,556 posts)

8. +1000

Reply to shraby (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:30 PM

Mar 2017

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

3. Didn't even win a news cycle, Devin

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:08 PM

Mar 2017

Your grandstand play to vindicate Trump was an air ball.

Jonny Appleseed

(960 posts)

4. I can't believe we need to go through so many hoops just to appease the president's tinfoil hat

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:10 PM

Mar 2017

Every intelligence official should be saying "Disclose what evidence led you to tweet about that or fuck off. We don't work for you. We're not your private detective agency. I think those guys are still in Hawaii."

Can you imagine how we'd need to do the same shit if he started up that birther garbage again?

Juliusseizure

(562 posts)

13. Agree - Its a fucking joke

Reply to Jonny Appleseed (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 26, 2017, 12:00 AM

Mar 2017

Christopher Steele prepared a 35 page Dossier confirming collusion, accurately naming the main parties, motivations, and actions after 6 months of work. It was a blueprint gift to the FBI.

Meanwhile, we're supposed to believe the FBI, NSA, CIA and entire US "intelligence community" can't come up with more than chicken scraps after 9 months?!

Can Trump make collusion any more obvious? His cabinet is made up of the very persons involved. The secretary of state is the goddamn CEO of Exxon who negotiated the oil deal for $500 billion - with Putin officials directly. Roger Stone admitted to directly contacting the Russian hackers and Wikipedia. I could go on and on.

We must get dems in control of the house and start flushing this shit out asap. If Comey, or anyone else, is found holding onto proof of impeachable crimes, put their asses in jail too.

Glimmer of Hope

(5,823 posts)

5. I can't keep track of his nonsense. He needs to be removed from the committee. Stat.

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:12 PM

Mar 2017

MFM008

(19,821 posts)

6. He's having a breakdown

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:15 PM

Mar 2017

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democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

7. Devin Nunes no longer has any credibility and needs to resign

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:18 PM

Mar 2017

from the House now.

onecaliberal

(32,916 posts)

9. Remove this tool, now!

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:31 PM

Mar 2017

Blanks

(4,835 posts)

10. I'm telling you...

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:37 PM

Mar 2017

Trump's name was picked up in some communication between a Russian official, we'll call him/her 'the ambassador' and a Trump team member being surveilled with a properly executed FISA warrant we'll call him/her 'Flynn'.

The conversation went like this:

Russian ambassador said "so, Trump is still gonna honor his promise to look away on Crimea"

Flynn responds "a Trump promise can be taken to the bank"

Obviously, I made the conversation up, and obviously the Russians know that a Trump promise is worthless, but you get the idea.

Nothing illegal about the intercepted communication, but the transcript of the conversation is pretty damning.