Spicer says he "will not get into it," when pressed on whether the White House disputes the NYT report. So, the White House won't deny it.
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Michael Ellis, NYT reports, was one of two people who "helped" Nunes. He was the top lawyer for Nunes' comte until he joined Trump admin.pic.twitter.com/nDnbbgGCM7
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Ellis, along with many other White House counsel's office employees, had their hiring announced formally on March 7. Ellis' info:pic.twitter.com/Nu1eXtnPpn
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Of course, it was three mornings earlier when Trump tweeted his infamous "wire tapping" tweets.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/837993273679560704 …
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Later March 4, we learned WH Counsel's Office was involved in trying to figure out whether there was a FISA warrant.https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/838140680551673856 …
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On March 5, House Judiciary Dems announced they would be asking McGahn to explain what this was about:https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/838536319924068352 …
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Here's the final letter sent, signed by all House Judiciary Dems: https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/democrats.judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/House%20Jud%20Dems%20letter%20to%20McGahn.pdf …pic.twitter.com/KOBZ71TDEB
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So, on the day Trump tweeted, it appears counsel's office began trying to track down whether the claim could be verified.
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On March 21, Nunes disappeared — http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/24/devin-nunes-vanished-the-night-before-he-made-trump-surveillance-claims.html … — to go to the White House grounds: http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/27/politics/devin-nunes-white-house-donald-trump/index.html … ...
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... where, according to
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Here's a March 27 exchange between Spicer and
@MajorCBS: Note how careful Spicer's attribution is.pic.twitter.com/bcy5rG2Sbg
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Here's the Bloomberg interview between Nunes and
@EliLake that Spicer was referencing in that briefing. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-27/devin-nunes-explains-his-white-house-visit …pic.twitter.com/bSZJXvZuNY
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Today — since the NYT report —
@EliLake has been notably silent on Twitter this afternoon. Will be interesting to see what he says now. - 1 more reply
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Can you take a step back and report on what's going on in Venez. Since WH won't comment, no State press...I trust you. What's going on??
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