Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer calls for removal of head of House Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes
Mr Schumer’s comments come in response to Mr Nunes’ meeting at the White House
The US Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, has called for the removal of Republican Representative Devin Nunes as chairman of the House of Representatives’ Intelligence Committee.
Mr Nunes, whose Congressional committee is investigating potential ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, visited the White House the day before announcing he had information indicating Trump’s transition team may have been subject to what he called “incidental” intelligence gathering by US officials.
“Chairman Nunes is falling down on the job and seems to be more interested in protecting the president than in seeking the truth,” Mr Schumer said in a Senate speech.
Neither Mr Schumer or fellow Democrats in the House or Senate have the power to remove and replace Mr Nunes, but in his floor speech he urged House Speaker Paul Ryan to do so if Mr Ryan “wants the House to have a credible investigation” into the Trump campaign team’s possible ties to Russia.
Nunes spokesman Jack Langer said in a statement that Mr Nunes “met with his source at the White House grounds in order to have proximity to a secure location where he could view the information provided by the source.”
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Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer calls for removal of head of House Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes https://t.co/B8BtafTlvA
— Laura Silverman (@LauraJSilverman) March 27, 2017
If Chairman Nunes understood the Constitution and our separation of powers, he would resign his Intel Chairmanship immediately. #RussiaGate
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) March 27, 2017
After much consideration I believe Chairman should recuse himself from involvement in investigation/oversight of Trump campaign & transition pic.twitter.com/jpfA1x80Si
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) March 27, 2017
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