White House Says New Information Has Emerged On Russia Probe

Spicer later accused Obama, again, of illegally wiretapping Trump.

“The main issue in this case, is not only the unmasking of these names of private citizens, but the spreading of these names for political purposes that have nothing to do with national security or an investigation into Russia’s interference in the USA election”, a congressional source close to the investigation told Fox News.

Earlier this week, Nunes was asked by reporters if he would continue leading the investigation into Russian meddling in the election.

DAVID WELNA, BYLINE: Hi, Ari. Others have said that recusal would not go far enough and that Nunes should be removed as chair of the committee.

On February 13, Flynn made history by stepping down after only 24 days at his post, following revelations that he had dubious conversations with Russian officials after President Trump was elected.

Sean Spicer came to the White House podium on Friday eager to talk: About the Supreme Court. Translation – he wants immunity to testify. Some are saying it’s too soon to do that.

So probably Flynn doesn’t have much to say after all.

“My point is you seem to be rushing to her defense”, Spicer said.

SHAPIRO: Is this insane, or is it insane like a fox?

The cloud of investigation has hung over Trump’s White House since the day he took office.

WELNA: It’s hard telling. ‘I think there’s nobody better than me right now to be doing it’. “I became very anxious, because not enough was coming out into the open, and I knew that there was more”, she said. This something I’ve known about for a very long time, from people who were not affiliated with the White House’.

JULIAN ZELIZER: The John Dean testimony was certainly one of the most shocking parts of the hearings for many Americans when they heard someone from within the administration speak poorly about the administration and confirm some of the worst fears that people had.

“This issue is not going to distract us from doing our Russian Federation investigation”, said Schiff. We don’t really know what his testimony might look like.

“I’ve been around for quite a while and I’ve never heard of any such thing”, Mr. McCain said on CBS. But Alex Whiting of Harvard Law School argues pretty convincingly that what we learned last night likely means either that Flynn doesn’t have a story prosecutors are willing to barter for or isn’t yet willing to tell it. “I think he’s been treated very, very unfairly by the media”.

“Have you asked [Farkas]?” he asked Keith. But after making a sudden visit to the White House last week, Nunes emerged with a claim that he suggested partially vindicated Trump’s claim.

“So, first, I recently confirmed that on numerous occasions the intelligence community incidentally collected information about USA citizens involved in the Trump transition”, Nunes said. The White House quickly embraced Nunes’ revelations, saying they vindicated Trump’s claim that Obama wiretapped his NY skyscraper. But he said their identities may have been improperly revealed.

“We are very proud of our Democrats on the committee”.

“That’s why you have the leaking”, Farkas said in the March 2 interview on MSNBC.

Farkas left the Pentagon in late 2015, and was not there during the 2016 campaign, or during the transition to the Trump Administration.