Devin Nunes: More criminal referrals likely after Steele dossier revelations

Published April 11, 2020 9:38pm ET



House Republicans may soon send more criminal referrals related to the Russia investigation to the Justice Department.

Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, sent a notification about eight criminal referrals targeting individuals tied to the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, including some that had to do with leaks, in April 2019. On May 1, Attorney General William Barr said the Justice Department had opened “multiple criminal leak investigations,” after which it was revealed he appointed U.S. Attorney John Durham to review possible misconduct by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials in the Russia inquiry.

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