House Intelligence panel looking at State Dept. over Russia probe

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) said Friday that the Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee will be examining the State Department and other agencies after the GOP memo was released alleging surveillance abuses.

Nunes told Fox News soon after the release the panel was moving into "phase two" of its investigation over the alleged surveillance abuses by the FBI and the DOJ.

"We are in the middle of what I call phase two of our investigation, which involves other departments, specifically the State Department and some of the involvement that they had in this," Nunes said.

"That investigation is ongoing and we continue work towards finding answers and asking the right questions to try to get to the bottom of what exactly the State Department was up to in terms of this Russia investigation."

The congressman was asked if his panel would be releasing more memos regarding the probe after the White House declassified information allowing the release of a memo alleging that top FBI and DOJ officials abused their powers to spy on members of the Trump campaign.

It isn't known what role, if any, the State Department had in the law enforcement investigation into the Trump campaign's possible collaboration with Russia and its efforts to sway the 2016 presidential election.

Democrats and the FBI voiced concerns over the accuracy of the memo. Even Democrats who hadn't seen the memo said it was inaccurate because they had strong feelings about it misrepresenting their truth.

"If it doesn't ring true, it isn't true," said one Democrat who wished to remain anonymous because he didn't want to be cited for quoting Michael Wolff's logic.



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