House Intel chair: No evidence yet Obama wiretapped Trump

Nunes said the committee had set a deadline for the Justice Department to respond to requests for information by March 20. He confirmed that FBI Director James Comey will testify before the committee March 20 and that a second hearing will be held March 28.

Adm. Mike Rogers, the head of the National Security Agency, will also be at the March 20 meeting, and Nunes said most of the other people invited to testify, such as former acting Attorney General Sally Yates, are expected to attend the later meeting.

Nunes and Schiff held the joint press conference to discuss how the multiple fronts of the Russian investigation were moving forward, and while both sought to put on a bipartisan face, each man clearly had his own theme to drive, already previewing that the scheduled hearings will likely veer off into partisan inquiries.

For Schiff, nearly all comments came back to the claims made in the tweets by President Trump. “It deeply concerns me that the president would make such and accusation without basis. We think that it’s in the public interest that this be addressed very openly by the [FBI] director and we certainly expect that he will,” Schiff said.

Nunes’ interest in moving forward will be focused on how information about the leak on the conversation between former national security adviser Mike Flynn and the Russian ambassador happened, and whether more leaks like that are even possible.

“We know for a fact because it’s out there in the public that incidental collection on General Flynn was picked up,” Nunes said. “What I remain concerned about is whether or not there is additional, incidental collection that we’re not aware of. And then, if any of that information was put into any types of intelligence reports. And then, whether or not additional names were unmasked.”