Chairman Devin Nunes told the world that no actual intelligence was used to start Trump-Russia probe.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Sunday his review of FBI and Justice Department “electronic communication†documents shows no intelligence was used to begin the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.
“We now know that there was no official intelligence that was used to start this investigation. We know that Sidney Blumenthal and others were pushing information into the State Department. So we’re trying to piece all that together and that’s why we continue to look at the State Department,†Nunes told Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures.â€
Nunes, R-Calif., cited the Five Eyes agreement as a way of knowing no intel was used. The U.S., along with Canada, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand, make up the “Five Eyes,†or countries that share intelligence in a more-trusted fashion than other arrangements, like NATO, particularly due to years of trust and a common language.
“We are not supposed to spy on each other’s citizens, and it’s worked well,†he said. “And it continues to work well. And we know it’s working well because there was no intelligence that passed through the Five Eyes channels to our government. And that’s why we had to see that original communication.â€
This finding by Chairman Nunes calls the entire investigation into question. Since the beginning, we have been told that intelligance was used to spark an investigation into Trump-Russia Collusion. This would also call into question how the FISA court warrant was obtained and what role Obama and Hillary Clinton played in starting the investigation.
