Nunes steps aside from Russia probe

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What is the count now?

1) Flynn - resigns
2) Sessions - recused from Russian probe
3) Bannon - resigns for NSC
4) Nunes - steps aside from Russian probe

It is almost like these people are unfit or compromised and cannot do their jobs.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/n ... obe-236951

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) will temporarily step aside from an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, including interactions between Moscow and the Trump campaign.

The probe will be taken over by Reps. Michael Conaway (R-Texas), Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) and Tom Rooney (R-Fla.).

Nunes will remain chairman of the Intelligence Committee.

In a statement, Nunes blamed complaints filed with the Office of Congressional Ethics over his decision to brief President Donald Trump on intelligence intercepts of conversations between Trump campaign aide and Russian officials during the election.

But the House Ethics Committee is also looking into the issue, according to multiple sources, a potentially more serious problem for Nunes.

“Several left-wing activist groups have filed accusations against me with the Office of Congressional Ethics," Nunes said in a statement Thursday. "The charges are entirely false and politically motivated, and are being leveled just as the American people are beginning to learn the truth about the improper unmasking of the identities of U.S. citizens and other abuses of power."

It's about time. I'd like to see him end up in jail.