Минус Нунес

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Девин Нунес поддался давлению и взял самоотвод:

"Despite the baselessness of the charges, I believe it is in the best interests of the House Intelligence Committee and the Congress for me to have Representative Mike Conaway, with assistance from Representatives Trey Gowdy and Tom Rooney, temporarily take charge of the Committee’s Russia investigation while the House Ethics Committee looks into this matter."
http://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=775

Заменивший его Майк Конауэй - опытный конгрессмен и горячий сторонник Трампа. Его округ - техасская нефтяная глубинка, включая вотчину Буша, город Мидланд. Конауэй по специальности бухгалтер (CPA), на слушаниях проявил себя каверзными вопросами к Коми.



Eric Swalwell, один из активных демократов в комиссии, в качестве троллинга предложил проект резолюции, который запрещает администрации Трампа предпринимать какие-либо изменения политики, затрагивающие Россию, до того, как ФБР завершит своё расследование.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that-
(1) President Trump, his family, his business associates, his campaign associates, and members of his Administration should cooperate fully with all investigations undertaken which examine the Russian Federation’s attack on our democracy during the 2016 United States elections, ties between officials with President Trump’s campaign and the Russian Federation, and possible coordination between these officials and the Russian Federation as part of its
(2) until the conclusion of the FBI’s criminal and counterintelligence investigations into the nature of the Russian connection to the Trump campaign, the Trump Administration is acting under a “gray cloud” of the appearance of a conflict of interest, and, as such, should refrain from taking any actions or making any changes to United States policy that could be seen as benefitting President Putin or his inner circle; and
(3) the appearance of any conflict of interest concerning a well-resourced, committed, and dangerous foreign adversary and the institutions of United States Government primarily responsible for national defense and the conduct of foreign policy weakens our national security and erodes confidence between the United States and our allies.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/47

Между тем проясняются подробности того, как ЦРУ пыталось поделиться с Конгрессом сведениями о российском вмешательстве в августе 2016:

The former officials said that in late August - 10 weeks before the election - John O. Brennan, then the C.I.A. director, was so concerned about increasing evidence of Russia’s election meddling that he began a series of urgent, individual briefings for eight top members of Congress, some of them on secure phone lines while they were on their summer break. It is unclear what new intelligence might have prompted the classified briefings. But with concerns growing both internally and publicly at the time about a significant Russian breach of the Democratic National Committee, the C.I.A. began seeing signs of possible connections to the Trump campaign, the officials said. <...> The officials said Mr. Brennan also indicated that unnamed advisers to Mr. Trump might be working with the Russians to interfere in the election.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/us/trump-russia-cia-john-brennan.html

Это делает интересней предстоящие показания бывшего директора ЦРУ Бреннана на слушаниях в Конгрессе.