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brooklynite

(94,727 posts)
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 11:28 AM Mar 2017

Nunes apologizes after going directly to White House with monitoring claims

Source: Politico

House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes apologized to members of his panel Thursday for not informing Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat, before going public with allegations that Trump transition messages were inadvertently intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies.

A committee aide said that Nunes apologized "for not sharing information about the documents he saw with the minority before going public” and that “he pledged to work with them on this issue.”

chiff blasted Nunes for briefing the White House on his claims before telling his own committee, which is conducting a wide-ranging investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/nunes-apologizes-after-going-directly-to-white-house-with-monitoring-claims-236415



I'm sure it will never happen again...
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Nunes apologizes after going directly to White House with monitoring claims (Original Post) brooklynite Mar 2017 OP
Sorry, apology NOT ACCEPTED. TNNurse Mar 2017 #1
+1 You beat me to it. ffr Mar 2017 #5
his apology azureblue Mar 2017 #2
Fuck his apology....... Hula Popper Mar 2017 #3
Their standard tactic BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #4
Stepping down would be the honorable thing to do. ffr Mar 2017 #6
Not sure he is familiar with the concept of honor. TNNurse Mar 2017 #15
He wants to stay on so he can continue to obstruct and lie and divulge anything real to Hair Furor. lark Mar 2017 #16
In the old days they got out their cane. gordianot Mar 2017 #7
F'ing Benedict Putin elmac Mar 2017 #8
Weak apology, AFTER the cat is out of the bag. Not good enough. George II Mar 2017 #9
Sorry... 2naSalit Mar 2017 #10
" I'm sure it will never happen again..." Plucketeer Mar 2017 #11
Nunes slams the barn door after the horsies are gone. yellowcanine Mar 2017 #12
None the less, the Deed has been done. padfun Mar 2017 #13
Nunes clearly demonstrated why he can't be trusted. Grammy23 Mar 2017 #14
Too Little too late Marthe48 Mar 2017 #17
"easeir to ask forgiveness than permission?" (nt) question everything Mar 2017 #18
The guy is a weasel FakeNoose Mar 2017 #19

azureblue

(2,150 posts)
2. his apology
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 11:32 AM
Mar 2017

does not absolve him for what he did. He is not trustworthy nor impartial, and he should be kicked off the committee right now.

BumRushDaShow

(129,440 posts)
4. Their standard tactic
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 11:33 AM
Mar 2017

"It's better to ask forgiveness than permission".

He needs to step down from the Chair.

lark

(23,155 posts)
16. He wants to stay on so he can continue to obstruct and lie and divulge anything real to Hair Furor.
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 01:33 PM
Mar 2017

The freaking traitor and rat bastard that he is.

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
11. " I'm sure it will never happen again..."
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:10 PM
Mar 2017

LOL... for today anyway! Nunes would pimp his mom if it meant him keeping his free health care, big Ag money ride. Hailing from one of the poorest counties in California, you might expect to see slums and street people everywhere. Not so. It's MEGA-dairy operations and nut tree groves as far as the eye can see. The median income is low because so much of the labor force here is undocumented. Ol' Man-of-the-people, Devin, is doing OK back home. Dairy, Almonds, wineries - he'll do just fine if the current shitstorm should soil his suit. Nunes - held high on BIG AG money from this parched plot - is expected to keep pressing the case for more and MORE water to keep almond trees and wine grapes happy. He's also a hired bullhorn for blaming shortages as well as plagues of water on the Democrats. Democrats were guilty of creating the recent drought and guilty of engineering the recent floods in this region. God would be PROUD to claim the powers that the likes of Nunes appoints the Dems with. Nunes himself, is every bit the apparition he appears to be - a wispy, monotone-voiced illusion propped up with the money that ought to be in the pockets of the labor he gets wealthy off of. His sprint to the executive manor to give his boss a heads up is not a real surprise. He likely didn't have as much trouble finding the White House as he did finding his own district during the last break. Maybe we should send Nunes some maps.

padfun

(1,787 posts)
13. None the less, the Deed has been done.
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:28 PM
Mar 2017

Murderers don't get absolved of a crime just because they apologize.

Grammy23

(5,813 posts)
14. Nunes clearly demonstrated why he can't be trusted.
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:28 PM
Mar 2017

He over reacted and did something unforgivable and that disqualified him for his position. His maturity was at the level of the 4th grade snitch who couldn't wait to rat out his fellow classmates to get in good with teacher. So he needs to apologize again ....this time to US, the American people for breaking the trust agreement that he would be fair and ethical in chairing this committee. Then he needs to go. Buh-bye. Don't let the screen door hit you in the fanny.

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