CONFLICT OF INTEREST/INTELLIGENCE/POLITICAL FIGURES/RUSSIA/DEVIN NUNES: “House intelligence chairman Devin Nunes rebuffed calls to step aside from the Russia investigation Tuesday [3-28-17] as demands grew for him to recuse himself as head of that probe.
‘Why would I?’ Nunes said. The calls for him to resign came after revelations about his meeting with a secret source on White House grounds raised questions about his and the panel’s independence.
Nunes, R-Calif., said the pressure for him to resign was typical politics…
House Speaker Paul Ryan continued to express confidence in Nunes Tuesday, saying there is no need for the chairman to resign…
Schiff said Nunes’ connections to the White House have raised insurmountable public doubts about whether the committee can credibly investigate the president’s campaign associates…
The Senate intelligence committee is also conducting an investigation into Russia’s interference in the election and possible ties with the Trump campaign. On Monday, it announced that Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has agreed to be interviewed. The White House confirmed that Kushner, a senior Trump adviser, had volunteered to be interviewed about arranging meetings with the Russian ambassador and other officials.
Kushner is the fourth Trump associate to offer to be interviewed by the congressional committees looking into the murky Russia ties. Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, Trump adviser Carter Page and Trump associate Roger Stone last week volunteered to speak as well.”
-The Associated Press, “Nunes Won’t Leave Russia Probe; Ryan Says No Need To,” The New York Times online, March 29, 2017