Devin Nunes to Step Aside From House Investigation on Russia -
By EMMARIE HUETTEMAN and MARK MAZZETTIAPRIL 6, 2017
WASHINGTON — Representative Devin Nunes, the embattled California Republican who is chairman of the Intelligence Committee, announced on Thursday
he would step aside from leading his committee’s investigation into Russia’s efforts to disrupt last year’s presidential election.
Representative Adam B. Schiff, the Intelligence Committee’s ranking Democrat, praised the call by his Republican counterpart, Devin Nunes, to step
down from the investigation into Russia’s part in the 2016 presidential election, a panel that Mr. Schiff said was of "critical importance."
Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, the panel’s top Democrat, praised Mr.
Nunes’s decision, saying it was made in the “best interests of the investigation.”
“It will allow us to have a fresh start moving forward,” he told reporters.
His announcement was made on the same morning that the House Committee on Ethics said Mr. Nunes was under investigation because of public reports
that he “may have made unauthorized disclosures of classified information.”
The congressman has been under growing criticism for his handling of the Russian inquiry.
Many on Capitol Hill have said he is too eager to do the White House’s bidding
and cannot be an impartial investigator into questions about any role President Trump’s associates may have had in last year’s Russian campaign to disrupt the election.