Devin Nunes to step aside from Russia investigation

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes will temporarily recuse himself from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in the face of an ethics investigation, he said in a statement Thursday.

According to the statement, Nunes will cede control to Reps. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., and Tom Rooney, R-Fla.

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