Rep. Devin Nunes in testy presser - Tells media "What if we investigate YOU!"

[Maru Kitteh]

Last edited Fri Mar 3, 2017, 12:29 AM - Edit history (1)

I don't have a link yet, watched on CNN.


Rep. Devin Nunes (R) California, House Intel Chair gave a very testy news presser today. Tried mightily to avoid talking about Jeff Sessions at all, tried to call it a "disagreement" between some Senators and Jeff Sessions and basically they should get together and hug it out.

He started out fairly even but kind of lost it progressively. I don't think he slept much last night. When asked about the order to preserve documents related to Russia, he pointedly told the press "I suggest you go camp outside their houses and hound them with those questions!"

And then questioned about whether it was appropriate for Beauregard, as a campaign official in a public office to be in contact with the Russians he really flared up.

"I'm sure some of YOU are in contact with the Russian Embassy, be careful what you wish for! Do you want us to conduct an ivestigation into YOU because you were in contact with the Russian Embassy?"


These people are terrified; a bunch of cornered vipers.

[randome]

1. It's a beautiful day!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers, it's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]

[Maru Kitteh]

6. No problem. That's fine. That bus is equipped with alternative wheels.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Ouch... that's pretty much the wrong thing to say.

Nunes kinda confirmed that there's lots more to Trump's Russia conspiracy.
Hey media, your smorgasbord is ready. Dive in !!!

[MFM008]

3. threatening

people investigating these things usually result in deeper investigating.

[lagomorph777]

5. So far it always seems to just piss off the investigators.

Reeeeaaaallly bad idea.

[MFM008]

7. exactly and i love lagomorphs.

looks like my old bunny.

[lagomorph777]

8. Cute!

Is that a yawn, or what?

[MFM008]

20. yup bunny yawn

or screaming due to frustration about politics............

[littlemissmartypants]

36. Aaaannnd

Down the rabbit hole we go.




Sorry, I couldn't resist.

[asiliveandbreathe]

4. Everyday in every way..pressure - Nunes and company - guilty by

ASSociation...I do believe that was a threat..NO?? - The saying you don't want to fool with mother nature..is now - you don't want to threaten the media.....

[niyad]

9. "never piss off or threaten the people who buy ink by the barrel" (paraphrasing here)

[Maru Kitteh]

11. True then

true now

[csziggy]

16. NYT: "When the time comes, we will write Trumps obituary, not the other way around."

Trump Voters, Your Savior Is Betraying You
Nicholas Kristof
FEB. 25, 2017

<SNIP>
Trump howls at the news media, not just because it embarrasses him, but because it provides an institutional check on his lies, incompetence and conflicts of interest. But we can take his vitriol: When the time comes, we will write Trump’s obituary, not the other way around.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/opinion/sunday/trump-voters-your-savior-is-betraying-you.html?smid=fb-share

[niyad]

17. thank you for that!

[liberaltrucker]

21. Or shoots video by the pentabyte

[niyad]

39. true that!!

[gopiscrap]

10. every fucking repuke in this country needs to go

[elehhhhna]

12. Is that a threat? We contact the Russian Embassy for comments. We are the media, dip shit.

Mic drop

[OliverQ]

13. Can we please get rid of Nunes and Burr?

Clearly they are in on the cover up and are complicit with the Trump Admin.

[littlemissmartypants]

37. I tried with Burr.

Worked diligently on the Deborah Ross campaign.

Murder is too good for him. I have a dream of standing at his funeral holding a sign saying: FINALLY!

[Vinca]

14. Any chance there's a photo of Nunes with a dead girl or a live boy?

[aquamarina]

15. That's probably what the Russians have on him

which is why he is so defensive.

[Maru Kitteh]

25. He's defensive because he has been calling press at the behest of the White House

to tell them there's nothing to the Russia story.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/02/24/report-white-house-asked-intel-officials-lawmakers-to-downplay-russia-stories.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl

[babylonsister]

18. Nunes was called out by Rachel not a week or two ago...

along with Burr.


Of particular interest, the White House’s public-relations campaign included Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), both of whom confirmed that they spoke to journalists about the Russia scandal at the White House’s request.

And that’s extraordinary. While Burr and Nunes were supposed to be overseeing investigations into the Russia scandal, they were also cooperating with the White House, telling reporters not to take the Russia scandal seriously.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/white-house-makes-matters-worse-trying-suppress-russia-scandal

[moriah]

19. Great way to "support and defend the Constitution"...

... by threatening to "investigate" members of the press.

Oh, wait, maybe he was thinking "the Constitution of North Korea".

[Initech]

22. In Soviet America, government threatens you! /Yakov Smirnov

[kerry-is-my-prez]

23. Maybe Nunes needs to be investigated. Why is he so defensive?

[Maru Kitteh]

24. Nunes made phone calls to reporters at the request of the White House to say

NOTHING TO SEE HERE. So, yes. I'd say he needs to be investigated.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/02/24/report-white-house-asked-intel-officials-lawmakers-to-downplay-russia-stories.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl

Report: White House Asked Intel Officials, Lawmakers to Downplay Russia Stories

Trump administration officials asked intelligence officials and members of Congress to help them downplay and speak out against news reports about the Trump campaign's connections to Russian intelligence, according to a Washington Post report. These individuals reportedly called journalists attempting to “challenge” stories in the New York Times, CNN and elsewhere about top Trump advisers’ alleged communication with Russian government officials.

The administration had reportedly attempted to persuade FBI officials to speak out against these news reports prior to these phone calls, but were unsuccessful. Sen. Richard Burr and Rep. Devin Nunes, who chair the Senate and House intelligence committees, respectively, confirmed to the Post that they spoke with reporters about the Russia stories, with Nunes declaring that his conversations were “at the request of White House communications aide.”

[Cha]

26. That's a lame deflect/threat nunes

[Maru Kitteh]

29. You investigate ME? No I investigate YOU!

Okay loser. You effed your career for a geriatric toddler with no impulse control, a terrible spray tan and a penchant for buggery.

[Cha]

30. LOl.. "..yeah, I investigate YOU for fake news.."..

"..trump's been pushing FAKE News for YEARS.. We'll Investigate THAT"..

So on and so forth.

[JI7]

27. This guy seems to be part of this also

i saw an interview with him a few days ago and they brought up some old quote which contradicted all the shit he is doing now.

[Alice11111]

28. Fuck you, Nunes. You are just like Chaffetz, Comey, and

the rest of the unethical pieces of human filth.

The world needs to rid itself of ebola, and other such deadly plagues, like you.

Just another Hypocrite, bully, who tries to intimidate...otherwise, known as the New Repubs. This is a whole 'nother country of evil here.

[Lint Head]

31. I called that prick and left a nasty message.

[Maru Kitteh]

33. Thank you.

I'm not a constituent, so my voice would be tossed to the wind.

So, thank you!

[Lint Head]

34. I'm not either. He had a choice on his phone options to

address issues to his Intelligence Committee responsibilities which impacts every American.

[OliverQ]

32. Kick him out

Is there anyway to get this get kicked out, forced to resign for obstruction? He colluded with the White House to cover up the Russia scandal, he was trying to refuse bipartisan investigation or special prosecutor, and he's threatening the press.

How does this guy still have a job? ugh, i hate unfairness.

[BainsBane]

35. These assholes think they are royalty

like the one in WI who threatened to arrest a voter who kept calling to ask for a townhall.

[SticksnStones]

38. Wow, they can dish it out ((cough! Benghazi)) but they just can't take it.

Heat, Kitchen? Leave!