Nunes: House intel committee invites Comey to testify

Yates was the deputy attorney general in the final years of the Obama administration and served as the acting attorney general in the first days of the Trump administration. She was subsequently fired by President Trump for refusing to defend his immigration ban executive order in court.

O’Neil went on to write that he and his client disagreed with the idea that her testimony required permission. He then implied that the public hearing was delayed so that committee members could futher question FBI Director James Comey before hearing other depositions. “And when you’re the Speaker of the House and you get to decide who is going to be the chairman of the intelligence committee and the person you have chosen. when that chairman gets in trouble, you publicly rush to his defense”.

The Washington Post first reported that the White House aimed to block Yates from testifying, and NBC News later obtained the letters that formed the basis of the newspaper’s story.

Reports that government lawyers had tried to silence former acting attorney general Sally Yates have been described as “100% false” by White House spokesman Sean Spicer. It’s a legal tactic created to elicit a response, but the White House says they did not respond, therefore, they did not block Yates from testifying, they claim.

“Clearly she is an individual that we’re going to want to talk to as well”, Warner said.

Nunes spokesperson Jack Langer told CNN that neither Nunes nor any intelligence committee staffers spoke with the White House about Yates’ scheduled testimony.

The committee has held one public hearing on Russian Federation and was supposed to have a second Tuesday.

Nunes said the hearing with Comey and Rogers would be rescheduled.

He didn’t offer details, but Watts said the campaigns are evidence that Russian Federation is continuing to seek further unrest among USA democratic institutions, leaders and their constituents.

Nunes claimed last week that members of Trump’s transition team were subject to “incidental” surveillance.

He later admitted he was handed the documents at a mystery meeting in the White House grounds with an unnamed source.

Already at odds with President Trump, Pennsylvania Congressman Charlie Dent has waded into the fraught investigations into Russia’s meddling in November’s election, saying his House colleagues are “paralyzed” and calling on the Senate to take the lead in the inquiry. Early Tuesday, he spoke with CNN reporters about his commitment to the investigation (watch the full video at the top of this page).

“Why would I?” he asked reporters on Capitol Hill.

Rep. Paul Ryan may have to handle the problem, and reports suggest that he’s deciding whether to urge Nunes to step down from the committee and let another Republican handle the investigation.