Nunes: Mueller's Indictment Of Russians For Election Meddling Is 'Gratifying'
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Esme Cribb | February 16, 2018 4:19 pm
House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes (R-CA) on Friday said it was gratifying to see special counsel Robert Muellers indictment of Russian agents who allegedly interfered with the 2016 election.
The Putin regime presents a pressing threat to American interests, including through Moscows long-running influence operations against the United States, Nunes said in a statement. Although the Obama Administration failed to act on the Committees warnings, its gratifying to see that Russian agents involved in these operations have now been identified and indicted.
Nunes said that his panel has been investigating these threats for many years.
In 2014the year the Russians began their operation targeting the 2016 electionsI warned about Russias worldwide influence operations, he said. In April 2016 I stated that the United States failure to predict Putins plans and intentions is the biggest intelligence failure that weve had since 9/11.
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Insomniac Ike
(35 posts)In the original Russian, please.
awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)Yonnie3
(17,500 posts)pnwmom
(109,015 posts)sitting in Congress with NO EXCUSE not to take action to protect the elections.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,052 posts)IronLionZion
(45,579 posts)Nunes needs to be taken down next. What an asshole.
SnowCritter
(810 posts)He was and is perfectly fine with the outcome of the Russian influence on the elections!
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)I guess Nunes thinks that alleging the FBI are a bunch of biased traitors is the correct way to "investigate these threats" from a Russian government trying to subvert our democracy.
ffr
(22,674 posts)from blocking him, but flanking this set of indictments directly at the Russians, before indictments come down on the other criminal conservatives. And when that goes down, I hope he does it in Al-Queda style, swiftly and on all fronts at once.
Rollo
(2,559 posts)gademocrat7
(10,678 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,704 posts)Prove it Nunes. You didn't become chair of the committee until Mike Rogers retired at the end of 2014.
And in an interview with Foreign Policy magazine, we find-
Theyre trying to sow doubt in the world and with allies that the U.S. system is truly democratic and on the up to up, Nunes said.
He added: The truth is Trumps going to be a lot tougher on Putin than Clinton ever would have been.
Once he became a member of the Drumpf team, his tune changed from his April 2016 CNN interview.
Rollo
(2,559 posts)Although all the reps and senators I can vote for are Dems.
It would be nice if the good people of Nunes' district give him the old heave ho this fall. Even if it's another R, it would serve him right.
Maybe they need some face time.
BumRushDaShow
(129,704 posts)One can hope and dream!!!!
UpInArms
(51,285 posts)Nunes had been investigating for years ... why ...
DIDNT HE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?
riversedge
(70,359 posts)ananda
(28,887 posts)Whew.
Just wait, Devin ... your turn is coming.
Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,539 posts)Nunes said that his panel has been investigating these threats for many years.
This is the guy who will go around taking credit and saying "You're welcome!" because the sun came up.