House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) said Sunday that the committee will release dozens of deposition transcripts recorded in the course of the committee’s probe into Russian election interference and related matters.
“The depositions that we took, I believe about seventy people, those need to be published and I think they need to be published before the election,” Nunes told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo.
“I expect to make those available from our committee to the American public here in the next few weeks,” Nunes added.
Nunes said “70 or 80 percent” of the transcripts weren’t classified, and that the transcripts that are would need to be cleared for release by the Director of National Intelligence.
Nunes: Intel Committee's Russia probe interview transcripts will be public "in the next few weeks." pic.twitter.com/PY6J3ee2OP
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Democrats on the committee have been harshly critical of the Republican-controlled committee’s handling of the probe, saying Republicans neglected to speak with all relevant witness and failed pursue relevant lines of inquiry.
CNN noted that Committee Ranking Member Adam Schiff (D-CA), months ago, called out Republicans on the committee for voting to block the release of more than 60 witness interview transcripts. “The transcripts reveal among other things how often the majority acted as defense lawyers for the president rather than true investigators,” Schiff said in June, as quoted at the time by NBC News. ” And I think they’re embarrassed by that.”
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), a member of the Intelligence Committee, told The Hill on Wednesday that the committee should release the transcripts.
Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX), who took over leadership of the committee’s Russia probe from Nunes, said in March, referring to the prospect of releasing interview transcripts: “We may not be able to do that, turns out.”
The piece of shit that even Brock Long would say of, “Now there goes a real piece of shit.”
Seems like the dial is being pushed past 10.
Nunes is bouncing about.
Then I see this It feels like they intuit hard times a-coming. Maybe Junior is about to be center stage.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1041362405350141952
Conway who took over for Nunes( yeah right!) said the transcripts may not be able to be released. So this game is intended to make Nunes look like the good cop who wants the information released versus Conway who says not so fast? And why wasn’t it Conway in the interview if he is really the chairman of the House Intell Committee? Why this pretense that Nunes is not still the most influential GOPer on the committee but then bring him on the talking head shows? The answer of course is that Andrew Janz is threatening to take Nunes seat and Nunew has not held any town halls or listening sessions with his constituents this summer. Has he even showed his face in Fresno?
"…those need to be published and I think they need to be published before the election,” Nunes told Fox News’ …
Who wants to make book on why this won’t happen 'til mid-November, doubtless on account of problems with the printer, declassifier or Russian language translator?
I’m guessing as things heat up the GOP/Russia will throw tons of information in the air to overwhelm and confuse people, like the metallic chaff used to mess up radar. The last thing they want is the big stuff cutting through the noise and getting serious consideration. So it’ll be this babel of stuff in the hope enough people will just throw up their hands.