Beware of Devin Nuness Next Move

[Kablooie]

This week Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee announced that they will be ending their investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, having found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the Trump administration. That’s no surprise: The announcement punctuates a process that has been a sham, falling far short of the benchmarks laid out by a bipartisan group of experts (including one of us, Ms. Schneider) last fall for effective, credible congressional investigations.

But for those who may be thinking good riddance, think again. Every indication is that this is far from the end of the committee majority’s mischief. All signs instead point to this week’s developments as the beginning of a new chapter in the story, in which House Republicans go on the offensive to support President Trump — and fight the special counsel, Robert Mueller.

The damage the House majority can do here goes beyond mere cheerleading. When Mr. Nunes released his first memo, there were ominous rumblings that it was intended to target Mr. Rosenstein for his alleged role in FISA warrant abuses. When the memo fell flat, the rumors faded away. We would hardly be surprised to see a renewed effort against him — and his boss. Since Mr. Rosenstein oversees Mr. Mueller only because Mr. Sessions has a conflict (he worked on the Trump campaign), the replacement of either would serve Mr. Trump and Mr. Nunes’s malign purposes.

We predict that these and other forms of mischief will continue to flow from a committee majority run amok. Any oversight function that body might have provided as to Trump-Russia matters has been co-opted by the president, with the House Republicans even adopting his lie-ridden methodologies. A dangerous new era of alternative reality is advancing, and House Republicans are signaling that, like their president, they intend to ignore, bend or assail truth to fight the Mueller investigation (and presumably that of the Senate Intelligence Committee as well, should it reach inconvenient conclusions)

More: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/opinion/devin-nunes-russia-republicans.html
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Sounds like the gloves are coming off and and Republicans may be about to wage an all out war on the American justice system in order to preserve and protect the mind numbing incompetence of their glorious leader.

[Mike Nelson]

1. True, and...

...I believe Trump is going to consider the House report an end to the investigation (an end he directed).