Hoyer calls on Ryan to remove Nunes after release of memo

Source: The Hill




BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 02/02/18 02:32 PM EST

Democratic House Whip Steny Hoyer (Md.) called on Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to remove House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) on Friday after the release of a memo Nunes drafted alleging abuse of surveillance authorities at the Department of Justice.

"As Speaker, you have the authority to remove Chairman Nunes from his position, which at this time I believe is the only appropriate course of action," Hoyer wrote in a letter to Ryan.

"The Chairman’s behavior has undermined the trust of this House and of the American people in his leadership of the Intelligence Committee and the Committee’s work. It has been condemned by FBI and Justice Department officials appointed to their posts by President Trump," he continued.

"Now is a moment to assert, in bipartisan fashion, Congress’s status under our Constitution as a co-equal branch, one not subordinated to the will and whims of the President, no matter to which party that president belongs."

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