Wolf Blitzer looks at politics, breaking news and international stories. Undoubtedly, hes going to confirm all the suspicions mounting for the past year that hes been using his chairmanship to protect the president. We recall last year when he viewed some things he viewed as problematic in those intelligence reports. He rushed to the white house, briefed the president about it before even briefing his committee. He was forced to step aside from the Russia Investigation on his Committee Last year, but he still wielded considerable influence from the outside. He stopped democratic attempts to subpoena witnesses, to get more records, to schedule witness interviews. Behind the scenes, he mounted his own investigation to try to sew doubt on the fbi, the Russia Investigation, the mueller probe. That led to the release of the nunes memo from earlier this year, criticizing how that fisa warrant was obtained to monitor carter page. Democrats say this is all part of this effort by devin nunes to
undoubtedly, he s going to confirm all the suspicions mounting for the past year that he s been using his chairmanship to protect the president. we recall last year when he viewed some things he viewed as problematic in those intelligence reports. he rushed to the white house, briefed the president about it before even briefing his committee. he was forced to step aside from the russia investigation on his committee last year, but he still wielded considerable influence from the outside. he stopped democratic attempts to subpoena witnesses, to get more records, to schedule witness interviews. behind the scenes, he mounted his own investigation to try to sew doubt on the fbi, the russia investigation, the mueller probe. that led to the release of the nunes memo from earlier this year, criticizing how that fisa warrant was obtained to monitor carter page. democrats say this is all part of this effort by devin nunes to try to protect the president, and this is the first time we re heari
discussion between the kremlin and washington when the trump administration came to power. when erik prince met with the intelligence committee last november, he denied this discussion and downplayed these meetings and did not mention at all that george nader apparently was part of these meetings. now, democrats in particular are raising new concerns over erik prince s testimony, saying that perhaps he was not truthful when he met with his committee last year. here s what adam schiff said moments ago. do you think erik prince lied to the committee about the seychelles meeting? i don t know if the public reports about what mr. nader may be saying are accurate or not. all i can say is if those reports are accurate, there is clearly a significant discrepancy between that version and what we heard in erik prince s testimony. schiff wants both nader to come before this committee and