Twitter Goes Nuts After House GOP Ends Russia Probe: History Won’t ‘Be Kind to Devin Nunes’
This afternoon, the Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee announced that they are done with interviews in the committee’s Russia probe and the majority have reached a conclusion. The GOP members’ report will state that there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russians when it came to US election meddling. It will also diverge from the intelligence community’s consensus that Russian President Vladimir Putin preferred Donald Trump in the 2016 election.
A one-page summary of the upcoming report was released:
Here's the 1-page summary of House Intel majority's final report on the Russia probe pic.twitter.com/NU4rd2vb5Z
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) March 12, 2018
Folks on Twitter had a lot to say about the probe being shut down, with much of it concentrating on the partisan nature of the decision:
BIGGEST TAKEAWAY: The House Intelligence Committee report DISSENTS from the FBI/CIA/NSA assessment that Russia wanted to help @realDonaldTrump win.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 12, 2018
Fox News chyron after Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee conclude there was no Russian collusion: "CASE CLOSED" pic.twitter.com/Io8It5RiCA
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) March 12, 2018
[donald trump scribbles “me <3 putin” on POTUS letterhead]
devin nunes: “looks like an open and shut case of no collusion” https://t.co/DIyMCG9WeK
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) March 12, 2018
Extraordinary that Devin Nunes is now going to try to overrule the entire US intelligence community on Russia's attack against our 2016 election https://t.co/FKcYsyRWap
— Mark Follman (@markfollman) March 12, 2018
also just in from Devin Nunes: he can bench press a truck, got perfect SAT scores, and has an ginormous dong https://t.co/jwlwWZG2Vq
— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) March 12, 2018
History is not going to be kind to Devin Nunes. https://t.co/ocX4DcVRbt
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) March 12, 2018
Wow–For Devin Nunes to conclude that there was "no evidence of collusion" is as convincing as Scott Pruitt concluding that there is no evidence of climate change. https://t.co/QZc4KVyPO3
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) March 12, 2018
This statement alone demolished the credibility of the House intelligence committee Republicans pic.twitter.com/8NJLw0N80Y
— Andy Wright (@AndyMcCanse) March 12, 2018
The real collusion here is between House Republicans and Trump in trying to cover up the Russian subversion that helped to get him elected. https://t.co/VBDQX1tYWW pic.twitter.com/uqqEo4Dt28
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) March 12, 2018
House Republicans put partisanship above national security https://t.co/hPfeCOrfzp
— Frida Ghitis (@FridaGhitis) March 12, 2018
Hmmm… This banner on @FoxNews … "CASE CLOSED." pic.twitter.com/WxnzoTyLQ0
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 12, 2018
Can't find collusion if you don't look for it. pic.twitter.com/Yq5HdUT6Yo
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) March 12, 2018
Sure they can say, “see, no collusion,” for a few days. But the politicized process that drew conclusions that are contradicted by some of the evidence & failed to consider all of it, is going stain a lot of reputations when the truth outs. https://t.co/ue7GWnQIhb
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) March 12, 2018
And then there’s this take from former GOP Congressman Joe Walsh:
That's cute. But nobody should care what the House Intelligence Committee found. The Republican-led committee made clear from the start that they were more interested in protecting Trump than protecting America. https://t.co/3Bkl6Vn9UP
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) March 12, 2018
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This "document" is incredible. Look at the section titled "Initial Findings" In it the Republicans on the committee conclude that
1. There was a lackluster "pre-election response" to the Russian measures. (Obama's fault)
2. The intelligence community was wrong when they concluded that Putin wanted to help Trump
and 3. "Anti-Trump" material flowed from the Russians to the Clinton campaign
Not only is this report a whitewash concerning the Trump campaign's contact with the Russians, the report turns reality on it's head with it's other conclusions.
No wonder everyone is laughing at it tonight.
Very true...Obama and crew knew all about what the Russians were doing and did nothing.
Ant Trump is once again beating Obama on not doing anything about Russia. In fact he is 1 upping Obama by actually helping Russia on the next election, by not allowing the NSA to take any action to protect the election.
Look at the bottom portion of the seed.
Ex Congressman Joe Walsh is a tea partier and one of the most right wing people in politics. Even he is harsh in his criticism of Nunes and this farce of a report.
Did anyone believe that any committee headed by Devin Nunes was going to find anything about Donald Trump other then that he is the 2nd coming of Christ anyway?
Twitter is already half nuts.
The GOP have backed themselves into a corner And there is more than a few of them that have Russian stench clinging to their pant cuffs. They are complying because they have to. We shall see if they skate. I give that possibility 50/50. It all depends on whether Putin figures the well is drying up with these guys.
Good grief....the loony left has completely lost it's collective mind. That loud sound you hear is liberals tearing their hair out, gnashing their teeth in despair, rending their garments in frustration, wailing in outrage, and barking at the moon in anger, as the Republicans have essentially rendered the Mueller investigation moot by clearing Trump and company. Too funny!
Mueller's talking to the same witnesses. His conclusion will be the same. Wait and see.
Mueller has them under Oath and the threat of perjury, so he is getting answers that they are refusing to answer to the House Committee because they are not under oath. Plus he has indicted several and made guilty plea deals with some in exchange for their cooperation which has led to additional indictments of defendants such as Manafort and Gates. In fact Manafort is actually wearing two ankle bracelets to keep track of him for two separate lists of indictments and he is going to turn on Trump, rather then spend the next 30 years in Federal prison, especially since his one time deputy Gates has made a plea deal with Mueller. His first trial comes up in July. He'll flip before then. Oh and neither of them appeared in front of the House Committee.
Mueller has also questioned many more witnesses then the House committee has and many different ones, all under the threat of perjury (unlike the House) and he will charge them with that crime if they lie, as he did with Gates just a few weeks ago when Gates lied during his plea deal. His investigation is much, much more involved and detailed and bears very, very little resemblance to the House one.
No, Mueller is talking to the witnesses, Republicans actually refused to subpoena many of them.
Right and thinking that this investigation is anywhere near closed just because the person whose hometown paper called "Trump's Stooge" says it is, is delusional.
Nunes' night job, besides writing phony investigation conspiracy papers on the White House compiuters, is to always be a Trump's side so when Trump takes a shit he is right there to make sure his boss' ass is completely clean afterward. In whatever manner that takes.