House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said Monday the Democratic Party was the one with a “clear link” to Russia during the 2016 presidential election.
While appearing as a guest on Fox News, Nunes told host Sean Hannity that Democrats have been hypocritical in criticizing the memo compiled by his office because the “counterintelligence investigation should have been opened up against the Hillary [Clinton] campaign.”
“We have a clear link to Russia,” the California Republican said referring to the Democratic Party. “You have a campaign who hired a law firm, who hire Fusion GPS, who hired a foreign agent, who then got information from the Russians on the other campaign.”
The GOP memo alleges the Justice Department abused a government surveillance program to obtain a warrant against Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
“It seems like the counterintelligence investigation should have been opened up against the Hillary campaign when they got ahold of the dossier,” Nunes said. “But that didn’t happen, either.”
.@DevinNunes: “It seems like the counter intelligence investigation should’ve been opened up against the Hillary campaign when they got ahold of the dossier. But that didn’t happen, either.” #Hannity pic.twitter.com/zJuEu7xPwM
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The memo clarifies that information regarding former Trump campaign staffer George Papadopoulos was what triggered the Russian collusion investigation, and not the Steele dossier from Fusion GPS.
