Nunes: It Was 'Judgment Call' To Brief Press, Trump First About Surveillance
Source: Talking Points Memo
By ALLEGRA KIRKLAND Published MARCH 23, 2017, 10:31 AM EDT
House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes (R-CA) said Thursday that his decision to go to the press and to the White House with fresh intelligence reports before going to his own committee, which is investigating Russia’s interference in the U.S. election, was “just a judgment call.”
“There was a lot going on yesterday and it was a judgment call on my part and that's—at the end of the day, sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the wrong one but you got to stick by the decisions you make,” Nunes said.
The California lawmaker made waves Wednesday when he claimed in a press briefing that the U.S. intelligence community “incidentally collected” information about President Donald Trump and members of his transition staff. He said that information, which he said was gathered legally, was not collected as part of the FBI's investigation into whether there was any "cooperation" between Russian officials and Trump campaign staffers.
Nunes briefed Trump himself at the White House after speaking to reporters.
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>admits he was wrong
>"sticks by" his decision
Glad he cleared that up.
... to burn Nunes and the GOP with.
