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Joining us is the political reporter for the "la times." lets get into the man behind the memo here. this is interesting. devin nunes in 2013 was talking about senator ted cruz and some of the hard line republicans, more conservatives, who forced a government shutdown. heres what nunes said at the time. watch. >> it is guys who meet privately, theyre always conspireing. it is mostly about power. its just gotten us nowhere. >> he came to congress 16 years ago, stayed close to leadership and then ...

Remember this? to look at classified reports that allegedly showed proof of improper surveillance of trump officials during the campaign. that evidence never came out. the source of that information is sketchy, at best. nunes was eventually forced to temporarily step away from the house intel committees russia investigation. that was april. by december, the ethics committee cleared him of any wrongdoing. but while nunes was taking a break from the investigation, one of his top aides sent two sta...

Could this mean? it doesnt necessarily mean that. >> it could mean lots of things. it could mean that hes going to plea and he wants one lawyer to cut the plea deal. it could mean that he cant afford five lawyers at once. were talking about hundreds of dollars an hour for the talent he has, and it could mean that the lawyers have an ethical problem. but i think its really hard to tell from the outside why this is happening. but there could be lots of innocent reasons or non-newsworthy reasons as...