Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., submitted a criminal referral notification to the Justice Department on Thursday, targeting individuals tied to the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation. Nunes placed the referrals into three categories. The first, which Nunes described as "straight-up referrals," covered five individuals whose "crimes are lying to Congress, misleading Congress, leaking classified information." Two others related to "charges of conspiracy to lie to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court" and the last to a "global leak referral." The action on the referrals is now the hands of Barr, who is putting together a team to examine the FBI's initial investigation into President Trump's campaign in the summer of 2016. Asked about Nunes' criminal referrals during a congressional hearing this week, Barr testified, "Obviously, if there is a predicate for investigation, it will be conducted.”
This article was created on April 11, 2019 and the scandal reminds me of the Watergate scandal that occurred during Nixons presidency. The scandal was due to a break in to the Democratic National Committees headquarters by Nixon's campaign staff and were part of a widespread campaign of political spying and sabotage of Nixon's political opponents, which included wiretapping, burglaries and the president's own secret recordings. I feel like this relates to how they are putting together an FBI team to examine President Trump's campaign from 2016.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/devin-nunes-sends-trump-russia-investigation-criminal-referral-notification-to-doj
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