Devin Nunes

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Devin Nunes

Devin Gerald Nunes (born October 1, 1973 in Tulare , Tulare County , California ) is an American Republican politician . Since 2003 he has represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives . As chairman of the intelligence committee, he had a prominent role during Donald Trump's presidency in the investigation into Russian influence on the US election campaign in 2016 and showed himself to be a loyal ally of the president.

Family, education and work

Devin Nunes attended Tulare Union High School . He later graduated from the College of the Sequoias in Visalia and then until 1996 the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo . He then worked as a farmer and private businessman. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 2001, he became the director of rural development at the US Department of Agriculture .

Nunes lives privately in Tulare .

Political career

In the 2002 election , Nunes was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 21st  Congressional District of California , where he succeeded Bill Thomas on January 3, 2003 . Always re-elected, most recently in 2016 , his mandate runs until January 3, 2019. Since January 3, 2013, he has represented the 22nd electoral district of his state there. In the past legislative periods he was a member of the Agriculture Committee and the Veterans Committee . Between 2011 and 2013, Nunes sat on the Intelligence Committee and the Committee on Ways and Means, as well as two of its sub-committees.

Between 2015 and 2019 Nunes was chairman of the secret service committee and as such was entrusted with the investigation of Russia because of Russian influence in the US election campaign in 2016 and possible cooperation with Trump's campaign team since Donald Trump took office as president . He is considered a loyal ally of the president. Since 2019 he has been the leader of the opposition ( ranking member ) of the secret service committee.

Investigations against Russia and Trump

As chairman of the intelligence committee, Nunes had a secret dossier drawn up in January 2018 on the surveillance of an employee of President Trump by the FBI , which, according to some political observers and congressmen, should discredit the special investigation against Trump that has been ongoing since May 2017 .

The document was released to the public in the first week of February 2018 on Trump's instructions and the next day the President declared that he was "fully exonerated" through the dossier regarding the FBI investigation.

Devin Nunes himself continued to draw criticism for apparently using his position to prevent other members of the Intelligence Committee from publishing their own papers on the matter. They had complained, for example, that the explanatory context had been left out in Nunes' document.

Following the publication of the FBI's motion in July 2018, Nunes was charged with grossly misrepresenting facts and contexts in the memo and with no basis for the central allegations.

In his investigation report published by the Justice Department on December 8, 2019, Inspector General Michael Horowitz confirmed the Nunes memo on key points and accused the FBI of serious violations and errors.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jennifer Rubin: When will the GOP muzzle Nunes? In: The Washington Post, February 3, 2018; Aaron Blake: The full Nunes memo, annotated. In: The Washington Post, February 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Chad Day: Trump claims memo 'totally vindicates' him in Russia probe. In: The Washington Post, February 3, 2018.
  3. ↑ Democrats: Nunes memo a dud. In: Politico of February 2, 2018.
  4. ^ April Doss: The FISA Fiasco's Silver Lining. In: The Atlantic , July 27, 2018.
  5. ^ Matt Taibbi: 'Corroboration Zero': An Inspector General's Report Reveals the Steele Dossier Was Always a Joke. In: Rolling Stone. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019 (American English).
  6. ↑ Glenn Greenwald: The Inspector General's Report on 2016 FBI Spying Reveals a Scandal of Historic Magnitude: Not Only for the FBI but Also the US Media. In: The Intercept. December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019 (American English).
  7. ^ The Editorial Board: Opinion | The IG, Nunes and Schiff. Retrieved December 22, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Nunes, Devin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nunes, Devin Gerald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1st October 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Tulare County , California