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Most of these are not my words, Some are.
Author: Raine
Date: 03/22/2017 16:54:35
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017
I believe that Rep. Devin Nunes should recuse himself from all investigations - and quit as chair of HPSCI.I reviewed the tape of Nunes after Comey's testimony. He is quite audibly shaken. https://t.co/VKmV1OMvDQ
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Circumstantial evidence suggests a potentially grave situation to which Nunes is directly tied.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017
This could not be more serious.I want to be very clear - I am working with all open sources, OSINT. Just what is available in the news is extremely worrisome.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017
(OSINT: Open Source Intelligence)Nunes' behavior during the HPSCI hearing on Monday with Comey and Rogers was extremely unusual. He tried to discredit the investigation.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Faced with revelations of espionage and the betrayal of democracy, Nunes perseverated on leaks - again.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017
Then he lied to the press.I reviewed the tape of Nunes after Comey's testimony. He is quite audibly shaken. https://t.co/VKmV1OMvDQ
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017
Link to tweet referenced:Here's the video: House Intel Chmn Nunes tells @DavidCornDC he's never heard of Carter Page or Roger Stone —via @MSNBC pic.twitter.com/y3wJeOoHUt
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 20, 2017He says, in a pressured manner "I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE."
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017
That statement is utterly implausible given his two roles.First, his role as the Chair of an intelligence committee means he's at least seen "the dossier."
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017
Also, he was on Trump's transition team.Nunes, upon reviewing the last five months of news stories, was central to the formation of Trump's national security team.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017A bit of background on Nunes: He's not been a real power player until Trump came in. He's 43, from California's 22nd district.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Immigrant parents, grew up raising livestock, masters in agriculture. Reported net worth: $50,000. https://t.co/0ansUZ60wx
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017In 2015, he succeeded Mike Rogers (R-MI) as Chair of HPSCI.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017
Nunes *used to be* a Russia hawk. https://t.co/kCfuzysdxgNunes in 2014: concerned about Ukraine's overwhelming fear of Russian aggression and Russian propaganda measures. https://t.co/NzS56oxAY8
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Nunes stayed "neutral" during the GOP primaries, but emerged at Trump's side as a key in NatSec matters. https://t.co/iUx46NWITb
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Mike Rogers, his predecessor as Chair of HPSCI, went on to advise Jeb Bush, *who supposed paid Christopher Steele for the Dossier.*
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017When Trump's transition started, a new cast of characters emerged as powerful, and others were jettisoned. https://t.co/JnXP5l4LnL
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Republican regulars - including Mike Rogers - went over to the Transition Team, only to get shouted down. (??) https://t.co/CdkueRr391
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017And here's who made the cut to set up the NatSec team from NSC to CIA - Rep. Nunes, who came a bit out of left field. pic.twitter.com/L3MfPO7JhH
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Around November 18, 2016, the real administration is forming up, including Bannon, Flynn, Sessions, and Pompeo. https://t.co/QY7UgAshMT
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Nunes himself picks Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) as DIRCIA and says there was no need for much vetting: https://t.co/D9iNrqFuFT pic.twitter.com/TMRvRDVcGY
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017
(DIRCIA:Director CIA)DC is rocked by the extreme administration picks. Nunes is declared to be a new powerplayer in Congress. https://t.co/yujLuYCf2P
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017A couple quotes from this story emerge, one about all the great new friends Nunes has in Congress, phone ringing, and another about Flynn.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Nunes apparently started getting close with Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn - undeclared agent of foreign governments - back in MARCH 2016. pic.twitter.com/tiE1GPwip0
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Let's review Nunes' role: Meets Flynn in March, stays neutral, is hand picking intel agency directors from Trump Tower by November.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017
vv this tweet is important going forward vvPaul Manafort lives in Trump Tower.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017
Sergei Kislyak, Russian Ambassador meets Flynn and Kushner at Trump Tower.
Nunes is there regularly.Carter Page - Devin Nunes claims not to have known who he was - claims to have spent lots of time at Trump Tower. https://t.co/q5GmcxVHjk
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Nunes now oversees intelligence for the House of Representatives and really wants to get to the bottom of these damn leaks.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017
So.Everything before now is supported by major media stories. (Imagine what FBI has.)
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017
Next, my assessment of the implications.Nunes cannot faithfully investigate a matter in which he in directly involved, and may possibly be a suspect, so he must recuse.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017For lying to the press and attempting to distract from Dir. Comey's bombshell testimony, he should leave the committee for good measure.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017I would like to see the FBI whether Rep. Nunes' intention was to collude with the alleged paid agents of Russia, Flynn and Manafort.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017It seems from just these press reports, Nunes took a position where he could possibly keep the IC from investigating what's in the Dossier.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017What's in the Dossier is THE SALE OF US FOREIGN POLICY FOR CASH TO VLADIMIR PUTIN and the most serious betrayal in our national history.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017If all of these people acted in concert, they conspired to hijack the American intelligence community: HPSCI, DNI, DOJ, NSC, and more.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Remember the hot minute when the executive order came down to remove the DNI from the NSC and put Steve Bannon on it? pic.twitter.com/ZV9YISYd0r
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Flynn was gone within two weeks, but it was apparently his intention to route all US intelligence through his desk and to the president.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Trump started calling the CIA "Nazis" and it was Nunes - undisturbed by this! - who went to bat for Trump. https://t.co/zVh8K4Xaey
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017This is when Nunes - charged with guiding the IC to keep Americans safe - starts in with the "leaks" narrative as the problem.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017The situation has gotten more serious with each passing day, and faced with an independent FBI investigation, only cares about leaks.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017If the Trump confederates are shown to have conspired to sell off our national security, then Nunes was in on it or covered their tracks.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Nunes may have been shell shocked because he thought Comey was on board, and otherwise they had all the bases covered.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017DOJ wouldn't prosecute. They were getting rid of DNI. CIA is on the team. Flynn would have been NSA (oops.) And Clapper said no evidence!
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017But the U.S. Intelligence Community apparently did not shirk its duties in the same manner as Representative Devin Nunes.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Flynn has been revealed and is strangely silent. Sessions recused and is strangely silent.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017
Perhaps there is a reason for that.There is much I want to know: when did Nunes decide to be friendly with Russia and to support NatSec professionals who were already?
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Did he also have a hand in suggesting Tillerson, or was that Sessions, or someone else? Did he not see that as unusual?
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017Why did Nunes think it unnecessary to properly vet an incoming NSA or DIRCIA as part of a Transition Team? Why didn't Pence?
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017How many times did Nunes run across Trump Tower resident Paul Manafort, and did they ever converse? If so, on what subjects?
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017That's an investigation, and it involves counterintelligence, which is part of Nunes' oversight.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017
He cannot possibly be part of it.In the last few days, suddenly Trump and Nunes don't know anyone involved. Tillerson says he never met POTUS before becoming SecState.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017This is the gravest political scandal in all of American history. It involves foreign agents - but potentially domestic conspirators.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017DIRFBI Comey must help America get to the bottom of this and see how far the rot goes.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 22, 2017
Jesus Christ, it's only Wednesday.
When I was watching the hearing on Monday, Nunes practically begged Comey to investigate Clinton. Nunes did indeed try to defend Trump during that hearing, I noted it in our TUTN Chat. You can see it here where Nunes interrupts Rep. Crawfords line of questioning (which was to allude that the GOP Party Platform had not become more Pro-Russian, in spite of evidence to the contrary) to not only deny the GOP party platform changing, he is pleading for the FBI to understand that none of it was valid.
So in light of the twitter thread above, Representative Nunes, Right in the middle of this hearing, was trying to influence the FBI investigation of the Trump campaign Ties to Russia.
It's only Wednesday.
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