Devin Nunes
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| Devin Nunes GOIH | |
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| Chair of the House Intelligence Committee | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Rogers |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 22nd district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Kevin McCarthy |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 21st district | |
| In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Thomas |
| Succeeded by | David Valadao |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Devin Gerald Nunes October 1, 1973 Tulare, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Tamariz |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | College of the Sequoias California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo(BS, MS) |
Devin Gerald Nunes, GOIH /ˈnuːˌnɛs/[1] (born October 1, 1973), is the U.S. Representative for California's 22nd congressional district, serving since 2003. He serves as chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Nunes' district, numbered as the 21st from 2003 to 2013, is in the San Joaquin Valley and includes most of western Tulare County and much of eastern Fresno County. He is a member of the Republican Party. Nunes is the author of Restoring the Republic, published by WND Books in September 2010. In the same year Time magazine named him one of the "40 under 40" rising stars of American politics—their top forty civic leaders under 40 years old.[2]
Despite repeated calls for an investigation by a select committee into alleged ties between Donald Trump and the Russian government, Nunes has rejected that such a committee is needed.[3][4] Nunes has said that the House will not engage in a "witch-hunt" and that "at this point, there's nothing there."[4] On March 22, 2017 Nunes stated that “I recently confirmed that on numerous occasions the intelligence community incidentally collected information about U.S. citizens involved in the Trump transition.”
Trump–Russia investigation[edit]
Main article: Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
As Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Nunes is leading the lower chamber's investigation into ties between Donald Trump and the Russian government. In February 2017, he was the first leading House Republican to deny that the intelligence community has evidence of contacts between Russian operatives and the Trump campaign.[38]Nunes has rejected repeated calls for an investigation by a select committee, saying that such a committee isn't needed.[3][4] He has said that the House will not engage in a "witch hunt" and that "at this point, there’s nothing there."[4] He also rejected calls that he request Trump's tax returns.[38] Nunes was a member of the Trump transition team and, at the request of a White House communications aide, spoke to a Wall Street Journal reporter to challenge a story about the Trump campaign's connections to Russia.[39]
After Trump's national security adviser Michael T. Flynn resigned after it was revealed that he had covertly communicated with Russian officials, Nunes said he would not seek to investigate Flynn's ties to Russia.[40] Nunes said, "From everything that I can see, his conversations with the Russian ambassador — he was doing this country a favor, and he should be thanked for it."[40]
On March 22, 2017, Rep. Nunes stated “I recently confirmed that on numerous occasions the intelligence community incidentally collected information about U.S. citizens involved in the Trump transition.” He added, “Details about U.S. persons associated with the incoming administration—details with little or no apparent foreign intelligence value—were widely disseminated in intelligence community reporting.” [41]According to Mr. Nunes, the intercepted communications came in November, December and January—during the period after Mr. Trump won the election but before he was sworn in as president on Jan. 20.
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