'Be careful': GOP Intel chair threatens to 'investigate' reporters for persisting on Sessions

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory



DAVID EDWARDS
02 MAR 2017 AT 14:25 ET

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, warned reporters on Thursday that they could find themselves under investigation if they continued to ask questions about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ ties to Russia.

During a press conference, Nunes dismissed calls for his committee to investigate Sessions following reports that the Attorney General may have lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee when he said that he had no contact with the Russian government during the 2016 campaign.

“I read about this in the newspaper and I see some of you talking about,” Nunes told reporters. “If you have those names (of anonymous sources), if you want to come forward as a whistleblower and bring those to us, we would greatly appreciate it. Because we would like to have those names, bring those people in.”

Nunes noted that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn had been a private citizen when he contacted the Russian ambassador and then lied about it.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/be-careful-gop-intel-chair-threatens-to-investigate-reporters-for-persisting-on-sessions/

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. This prick and the GOP simply are in the wrong country, they want to be in Russia

I mean this sincerely, so I say we do a gofundme for them and get them plane tickets.

[Marthe48]

5. Does this traitor look like Scott Walker?

is somebody cloning a**holes?

[Judi Lynn]

13. They all have dead eyes, too.

[center]


Devid Nunes.

What a GOP winner.

Did he sell his personality to the devil?

[Marthe48]

19. Agree

Dead eyes. No emotion. Reptilian. Or Alien grays. Except less empathy.

[Eliot Rosewater]

43. Anybody see what "name removed" said?

[Marthe48]

2. Glad all the traitors are crawling out of the woodwork

Not that far of a crawl for the Repugs. Nune is done.

[onethatcares]

3. is a sitting U.S. senator considered a

private citizen when they are being tapped for a cabinet post?



Alternate facts, alternate universe perhaps?

[mn9driver]

4. Typical fascist behavior.

The GOP power structure is so steeped in it that they aren't even aware of how they reveal themselves with threats like this.

[skypilot]

12. They really do reveal themselves.

If there were no problem you'd think they'd just let the media spin their wheels looking into all this while the GOP just went on with their other business and corrupt shit. Or maybe they're too stupid to think of that.

[malthaussen]

6. And here I thought the question was about lying to Congress.

Interesting shift of topic, Mr Nunes, yes.

-- Mal

[Lanius]

26. This. Exactly, the real issue so far is that Sessions allegedly lied to Congress. We don't

know what he said to the Russian ambassador yet.

[Solly Mack]

7. Perhaps it is time to check his finances.

[TranssexualKaren]

8. A marvelous test case for the ACLU...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. Devin Nunes threatens to investigate reporters who talk to Russian embassy.

Retweeted from here:

Wow

Link to tweet

Devin Nunes, complaining about attention to Flynn/Kislyak calls, threatens to investigate reporters who talk to Russian embassy.

Link to tweet

Feb. 27, 2017, 1:35 p.m.

Reporting from Washington

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes warns against 'witch hunt' over Trump-Russia ties

[coco22]

10. Reporters..

Now you have your marching orders,investigate Nunes.

[Paladin]

11. Desperation, thy name is Nunes...... (nt)

[mpcamb]

14. That worm needs to be investigated too.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. "Michael Flynn had been a private citizen when he contacted the Russian ambassador"

meaning what he did was a Logan Act violation.

I mean is this guy really that stupid?

(answer: yes, so HTF did he get appointed chairman of that committee?)

[procon]

16. "bring those people in" sounds so Orwellian, doesn't it?

Which gulag is he the commandant of? I think I hear boot heels snapping together in unison, or was it the swish of a riding crop?

[benld74]

17. Threaten reporters but NOT DT? WHat a wanker!! NOT

[Renew Deal]

18. Devin Nunes is part of the cover up

[mpcamb]

37. DRAG HIS SORRY CONSPIRATORIAL ASS INTO COURT TOO.

[C_U_L8R]

20. Such typical republican over-reach and abuse of power

sure seems to suggest that Nunes has
something of his own to hide. Hmmm?

[Blue Idaho]

21. All these high handed threats just point to one thing...

There is a there there. Keep digging.

[Javaman]

22. what's nunes hiding? nt

[dhill926]

23. fascist fuckstick.....

[johnnyrocket]

24. Fuck these assholes. Investigate Rep Nunes, another co-conspirator!

[adigal]

25. Call him...I just did and told his staff he was a traitor [phone]

I told them I was moving to California, his district, and would be working to get rid of him.

[kimbutgar]

27. This guy has to go

The Democratic Party in California needs to target him and find a viable candidate to run against him.

[Lotusflower70]

28. I actually sent a tweet

Asking if he was threatening reporters.

[Docreed2003]

29. Why isn't it being thrown back in his face..

That the administration reached out to him as one of its affiliates in congress to suppress any talk of Russian connections? Why would anyone trust this bastard??

[Rex]

30. That means the GOPukers are getting desperate. The way they threaten the press

and YET the press will forgive them and go right back to lapdog status.

Part of the problem is we have a corporate press that does not care about our welfare, just making money.

[joet67]

31. Is it fascism yet? nt

[roamer65]

32. I think Nunes needs to be investigated.

[titaniumsalute]

33. Call his bluff

[displacedtexan]

34. He's famous for crying, "Abuse of power!"

His gander will be getting goosed over this. Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy!

[onetexan]

36. If he's threatening to investigate reporters

the prick doesn't stand a chance...good luck with fighting with how many news agencies and reporters, not just American journalists but international as well.

[orangecrush]

38. P. O. S.

Go to jail.

[AgadorSparticus]

39. That's like telling a kid not to do something. Don't these people have kids?

The fact that he is threatened for team trump means they are getting hotter and closer to the big break. That was just an invitation.

[Nitram]

40. Not surprising this administration of thugs would do this.

[ElementaryPenguin]

41. FUCK YOU, Nunes!! You're a public servant who works for us!!!

[itcfish]

42. Reporters are not Elected

Officials and do not swear an oath to protect the US Constitution. What is he going to blackmail them? Intimidate them? Nobody cares about the journalist's private lives.