Devin Nunes urges Trump to declassify docs ‘first thing’ after Rosenstein report

Published September 23, 2018 3:31pm ET



House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Sunday the “first thing” President Trump should do, given the reporting on Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein floating the idea of removing him from office, is to recommit to last week’s order to declassify Russia-related documents.

After making a declaration Monday to have these documents declassified and Russia-related texts from officials, including FBI Director James Comey, released, Trump reversed course by the end of the week. In a pair of tweets Friday he announced that after meeting with DOJ officials warning that the move could be perceived as tampering with the Russia investigation and hearing concerns from “key allies,” that he would leave it to the DOJ inspector general to review the documents.

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