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Campaign devin nunes said the information may have begin le l legally swept up. >> the house intelligence committee said he was dedicated to pushing through, even after a wild week with the chairman of that committee, wanted to continue to press forward. today, that changed. take a listen as to why. >> youre making a point this isnt just because of the russian investigation, broader than that in your view? >> i believe much like the attorney general recused himself from overseeing the russian in...

Chair. were at a tipping point and there is no real idea what will happen going forward. the question is not only does this investigation continue to move forward but how does this investigation continue to operate. >> thanks. >> for the american people wa h watching this and those who care about the possibility of russias meddling and want a bipartisan fact-finding commission and want to get to the bottom of this, should this house committee continue? >> theres a lot of reasons to be concerned ...

Information, did he possibly get it through the white house and did he possibly do this to help donald trump, he said in an interview donald trump was getting a lot of heat in the media and raises a lot of questions about whether this is a person who is an unbiased arbiter overseei ining an investigation. >> it seems both sides would want whatever investigations are done to be as transparent as possible and credible so whatever the resolution is people will believe it. >> this is the time you sa...

Investigation as part of the house intelligence. because youre doing this other investigation, do it in the cleanest way possible, and you vet it in a very serious way and does not appear to be what happened here. i have no chill the idea of information on any citizen is passed around like candy in a fun way in any administration. we give tremendous power to these entity, as a libertarian, i want to say that can be a problem. the russian investigation is also an issue. >> speaking of no chill, i...

>> im glad jason brought up loretta lynch. if were saying that was the desired outcome she recused herself from an ongoing investigation. lets be clear loretta lynch was not part of a transition team. yes, had a meeting that appeared sloppy, appearances terrible. him dropping down in the dead of night, i guess what im telling you is she recused herself. im eager to see him not only recuse himself from this investigation. >> thats not what schiff wanted. >> im telling you what i want. >> the hous...

Chairman nunes says he plans on pressing forward. i asked ranking member schiff at this point whether the relationship was essentially broken? he said, no, he still plans on working with chairman nunes on the other issues. but with the russian investigation and what he found he feels its time for him to step away. democratic leader nancy pelosi called for him to step away and several others. chuck schumer called for the same thing and the question is, is anything going to happen on this? chairma...

That element as well. i would hope he would recuse himself from those two facets of oversight work because i think it would enhance the public trust were doing our investigation credit blin a nonpartisan way insulated from inference from the white house. >> just context to underscore how big a deal this actually is. this committee is translati translationaltranslation lditio a bipartisan committee. they tend to work together very very closely and try to mimic what happenston the senate intellige...

>> chairman nunes defense has been as you heard ranking membership say what he is looking at nobody else has seen at this point had nothing to do with the russian investigation and because of that he should be able to maintain his role and pressing forward with that investigation. what ranking leadership is s saying specifically because he was on the transition team that chairman nunes is saying was surveilled and perhaps some individuals were unmasked he is now conflicted and the exact reason h...

The course of the transition and how that ties in with what he saw. >> its not a secret he was on the transition team and up to this point you were okay with him leading the investigation? just his visit to the white house that changed your view? >> two things. the dead of night meeting at the white house and returning to the white house with whatever information he got at the white house. more than that, to the degree his claiming now goes to whether there was incidental collection on members o...