The subject of Devin Nunes’ antics dominated much of the afternoon press conference with Sean Spicer as reporters tried to make sense of what seemed to be an information loop beginning and ending at the White House. Under questioning, Spicer claimed that the White House is “not concerned” about that there might be a source within the executive branch. Asked whether Nunes can still lead an impartial investigation as chairman of the House Intelligence Committtee or whether the White House would support a special prosecutor, Spicer pivoted to saying that there were two issues, one of which was that everyone who has been briefed by FBI Director James Comey on the Russia issue says there’s nothing there—which is an absolute lie. He claimed the second is that there are leaks, which is a concern. Neither of these issues resembled the question that was asked, but then, neither did Spicer’s answers.
Spicer denied that what happened with Nunes was a leak, saying that Nunes is cleared for classified information and it wasn’t at all like when someone informs a reporter “for nefarious purposes.” Incredibly enough, Spicer said that Nunes had been “fairly open with the press about who he spoke to and why.”
The back and forth generated such twisted little moments of reality as ...
Reporter: Does the White House have knowledge of the information that Chairman Nunes received from the White House and does the White House know who he got it from?
Spicer: I’m not aware.
Spicer frequently pushed back against the idea that the person Nunes had talked to was a White House staffer, referring repeatedly to Nunes’ own statement that his source was an intelligence official. Spicer also insisted that Nunes had “multiple sources” and that it was “irresponsible” to say whether the information Nunes talked about in either of his recent press conferences was the same as that he collected while skulking in the shadows of the White House.
But the idea that Nunes came to the White House and reviewed this information on the basis of an invitation from a low-level intelligence official is somewhere south of ludicrous.
from Daily Kos http://ift.tt/2nalABk
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