.MaddowBlog: Did Rep. Nunes dish to Pres. Trump on Intel briefing?
. For example, it now appears that a senior U.S. intelligence official, Shelby Pierson, briefed House lawmakers on Russian efforts to target our elections and help Donald Trump. A day later, the president, furious about the briefing -- but not about the Russian attack -- upbraided his acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire.with Ric Grenell, putting a partisan loyalist in a position to oversee the U.S.
Among the lingering questions: how exactly did the president know what was said during the intelligence briefing to members of Congress? TheTrump learned about Pierson's remarks from Rep. Devin Nunes , the committee's ranking Republican and a staunch Trump ally, said one person familiar with the matter.
A couple of years ago, Rep. Ted Yoho appeared on MSNBC and addressed the fact that Nunes -- then the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee -- appeared a little too eager to use his office to help the Republican White House.at the time."He works for the president and answers to the president."" during the interview, though there are occasional questions about whether his initial assessment was the correct one.
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