It appears to me that Nunes, who worked in the Trump transition is incapable of meeting his obligations for Congressional oversight. He is acting as a surrogate for the president. This bizarre incident continues to get weirder. Today Nunes even admits that he didn't actually see the documents that he is briefing the press and the president on.

And Nunes stated that his reason for doing this was that the president was catching heat in the press. 
Really? It isn't his job to act as an agent of the President. He is supposed to be an impartial investigator when serving as a chairman of that committee.



It is time for an independent investigation, and a special prosecutor.


G.O.P. Panel Chairman Apologizes for Withholding Trump Data From Democrats

WASHINGTON — The Republican chairman of the House committee investigating Russian interference in the election apologized in a private meeting on Thursday for not sharing intelligence with the panel’s top Democrat before giving it to President Trump and the news media, Democratic lawmakers said.

But the expression of contrition from Representative Devin Nunes of California, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, to members of the panel did little to quiet criticism from Democrats who said he had proved himself unable to conduct an unbiased inquiry.

On Wednesday, Mr. Nunes announced that he had received information that Mr. Trump or members of his transition team may have been “incidentally” caught up in foreign surveillance by American agencies. He said at a news conference that he had briefed Speaker Paul D. Ryan and planned to inform Mr. Trump. The top Democrat on the panel, Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, was notably absent.

Democrats said that the disclosure by Mr. Nunes, who served on Mr. Trump’s transition team, was intended to throw a lifeline to the president after his unfounded claim that President Barack Obama had tapped his phones during the election. Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the Democratic leader, said Mr. Nunes had either been manipulated by Mr. Trump or been “a willing stooge.”

Representative Jackie Speier, Democrat of California, said Mr. Nunes had “apologized for not informing the ranking member.” Mr. Nunes’s decision to bypass the top Democrat, Mr. Schiff, and then to brief Mr. Trump, whose associates are under investigation, called into question the inquiry’s future days after its first public hearing.

By Thursday afternoon, members of the committee, including Mr. Schiff, said they had still not seen the information that Mr. Nunes claimed to have received. Mr. Schiff, who said members had expressed “profound concern” to the chairman, said Congress should create an outside commission — something Republican leaders have resisted.

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