Devin Nunes – CA22

Devin Nunes

Summary

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 22 since 2003
Affiliation: Republican

Other positions:  
Ranking Member, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Health

Quotes:
Eerily quiet here in the Twitter Sewer. Thought for a second I went to MySpace by accident. Many people I follow have been vaporized by left wing tech tyrants. Hopefully they will reappear ⁦on Parler and Rumble…

Featured Video: 
Devin Nunes speaks out on Newsom recall effort at CPAC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhkjyecOptU

OnAir Post: Devin Nunes – CA22

News

Devin Nunes Blames Ex-Gov. Schwarzenegger for GOP’s ‘Demise’ in California: ‘He Was a Disaster’
Newsweek, Benjamin Fearnow – August 15, 2021

California GOP Congressman Devin Nunes on Saturday night responded to former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger criticizing COVID-19 vaccination skeptics last week, with Nunes additionally calling the Republican Hollywood star a “disaster” during his time in office.

Nunes spoke with stand-in host Brian Kilmeade for Fox News‘ Watters’ World on Saturday. He ridiculed the governorship of Schwarzenegger, who led California from 2003 to 2011. The congressman dismissed Schwarzenegger’s outspoken support for vaccinations and ongoing efforts to curb COVID-19, which has led to over 4 million cases and more than 64,000 deaths in California as of Sunday, according to The New York Times.

Nunes calls on Biden to extract Americans and Afghani allies trapped in Afghanistan
Government Website – August 16, 2021

President Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan has needlessly imperiled countless American and Afghani lives. The President withdrew American security forces before first extracting American personnel and Afghani allies to whom we granted Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) to prevent their slaughter by the Taliban. The Biden administration must now do all it can to ensure that those they left to the Taliban’s mercy are swiftly extracted from that collapsed nation.

Twitter

About

Devin Nunes 1

Source: Government page

Devin Nunes (born October 1, 1973) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2003. He currently represents California’s 22nd congressional district, which is located in the San Joaquin Valley and includes portions of Tulare and Fresno Counties. He and his wife have three daughters.

Early life, Education, and Career
Nunes was born in Tulare, California. His family is of Portuguese descent, having emigrated from the Azores to California. From childhood, he worked on a farm that his family has operated in Tulare County for three generations. He raised cattle as a teenager, used his savings to begin a harvesting business, and then bought his own farmland with his brother.

Nunes graduated from Tulare Union High School. He is the second Member of Congress to attend Tulare Union, following Olympic gold medalist Bob Mathias, who served in the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1975. After associate’s work at College of the Sequoias, Nunes graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he received a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business and a master’s degree in agriculture.

Nunes was first elected to public office as one of California’s youngest community college trustees in state history at the age of 23. As a member of the College of the Sequoias Board from 1996 to 2002, he was an advocate for distance learning and the expansion of programs available to high school students. In 2001, he was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as California State Director for the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development section. He left this post to run for California’s 21st congressional district and now serves in the 22nd district as a result of redistricting in 2010.

 

Committees

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Ranking Member

The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) was established in 1977 to provide oversight over the United States Intelligence Community (IC). The IC is a federation of executive branch agencies and organizations that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and the protection of the national security of the United States. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is probably the most widely recognized agency subject to HPSCI oversight. However, the committee maintains both authorization authority and budgetary control over all classified government programs.

The HPSCI conducts the vast majority of its work in closed session due to the sensitive nature of its work.

Committee on Ways and Means
Member of the Subcommittee on Trade
Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health

The Committee on Ways and Means has jurisdiction over all taxation, tariffs, and other revenue-raising measures, as well as a number of other programs including:

Social Security
Unemployment benefits
Medicare
Enforcement of child support laws
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, a federal welfare program Foster care and adoption programs

The U.S. Constitution requires that all bills regarding taxation must originate in the House of Representatives, and House procedure is that all bills regarding taxation must go through this committee.

Sponsored Legislation

CONGRESS.GOV 

 

Contact

Email:

Web

Government Page, Campaign Site, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Wikipedia

Politics

Source: none

Campaign Finance

Open Secrets

Voting Record

Vote Smart

Search

Google

Wikipedia Entry

Devin Gerald Nunes GOIH (/ˈnuːnɛs/;[1] born October 1, 1973) is an American businessman and former U.S. congressman who serves as the Chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board since January 20, 2025, and as chief executive officer of the Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG). Before resigning from the House of Representatives and joining TMTG, Nunes was first the U.S. representative for California’s 21st congressional district from 2003 to 2013, and then California’s 22nd congressional district from 2013 to 2022.

A member of the Republican Party, Nunes was the chair of the House Intelligence Committee from 2015 to 2019. He was also a member of President Donald Trump‘s first transition team.[2] Nunes’s former district, numbered as the 21st from 2003 to 2013 and as the 22nd after redistricting, was in the San Joaquin Valley and included most of western Tulare County and much of eastern Fresno County.

In March 2017, the U.S. House intelligence committee, which Nunes chaired at the time, launched an investigation into possible Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. In February 2018, Nunes publicly released a four-page memorandum alleging the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) committed malfeasance in its warrant applications to spy on Trump associate Carter Page. Nunes subsequently began an investigation of the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly abusing their powers in their investigations of Trump associates.[3][4] In January 2021, Trump awarded Nunes the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[5]

Early life, education, and early career

Nunes was born on October 1, 1973,[6] the older of two sons of Antonio L. “Anthony” Nunes Jr. and Toni Diane Nunes (née Enas).[7] His grandfather founded Nunes & Sons, a prominent dairy operation in Tulare County.[4]

Nunes is of three-quarters Portuguese descent, with ancestors emigrating from the Azores to California.[8][9] He has one younger brother, Anthony III. In 2009, Nunes wrote in The Wall Street Journal that he became an entrepreneur at age 14 when he bought seven head of young cattle, learning quickly how to profit from his investment.[10]

After receiving his Associate of Arts degree from the College of the Sequoias in 1993, Nunes graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business in 1995, and a master’s degree in agriculture in 1996.[7] After finishing school, Nunes returned to farming.[7]

In 1996, at age 23, Nunes was elected to the College of the Sequoias Board, making him one of California’s youngest community college trustees in state history. He served on the board until 2002.[11]

In 2001, President George W. Bush appointed Nunes to serve as California State Director for the United States Department of Agriculture‘s Rural Development section.[12]

U.S. Congress

Nunes with President George W. Bush in 2003
Nunes being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump in 2021

Elections

In 1998, Nunes entered the “top two” primary race for California’s 20th congressional district seat held by Democrat Cal Dooley.[7][13][14] He finished in third place.[15]

In 2002, Nunes ran for the Republican nomination in the 21st congressional district, a new district created by reapportionment after the 2000 United States census. His principal opponents in the crowded seven-way primary were former Fresno mayor Jim Patterson and state Assemblyman Mike Briggs. Nunes was the only major candidate from Tulare County; Patterson and Briggs were both from Fresno. This was critical, as 58% of the district’s population was in Tulare County.[16]

Patterson and Briggs split the vote in Fresno County, allowing Nunes to win by a four-point margin over Patterson, his nearest competitor. Nunes won 46.5% of the vote in Tulare County and 28.1% of the vote in Fresno County. Nunes was also helped by a strong showing in the rural part of the district.[17] He was endorsed by the California Farm Bureau and The Fresno Bee.[16] The district was solidly Republican, and Nunes coasted to victory in November 2002. He was 29 years old.

Nunes faced token Democratic opposition in 2004, 2006, and 2008. He ran unopposed in the 2010 general election.[18][19]

After the 2010 census, Nunes’s district was renumbered the 22nd. It lost most of eastern Tulare County to the neighboring 23rd District, and now has a small plurality of Hispanic voters. Despite these changes, on paper it was no less Republican than its predecessor. Nunes was reelected with 62% of the vote in 2012, 72% in 2014, and 68% in 2016.[20][21][22]

During the 2014 election cycle Nunes received approximately $1.4 million in political action committee (PAC) contributions.[23] During the 2016 election cycle, he received approximately $1.6 million in campaign contributions from PACs.[24]

In 2018, Nunes faced Democratic nominee Andrew Janz, a Fresno County prosecutor.[25] Nunes defeated Janz with 53% of the vote to Janz’s 47%, the closest race of Nunes’s career.[26]

In 2020, Nunes received 56.5% of the vote in the primary.[27] Nunes defeated Phil Arballo in the general election on November 3, 2020.[28]

In December 2021, Nunes resigned from the House, effective January 1, 2022, in order to join the Trump Media & Technology Group as chief executive officer.[29]

Committees and caucuses

In 2015, Nunes became the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.[30]

After joining the Ways and Means Committee in 2005,[31] Nunes became Chairman of the Trade Subcommittee in 2013[32] and Republican Leader of the Health Subcommittee in 2021.[33]

As co-chair of the U.S.–Mexico Friendship Caucus, he and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer met with President Felipe Calderón of Mexico in April 2012.[34]

Nunes was a member of the House Baltic Caucus[35] and the U.S.-Japan Caucus.[36]

112th Congress

114th and 115th Congress

116th and 117th Congress

Political positions

Nunes at CPAC in 2018

During the presidency of Donald Trump, Nunes voted in line with the president’s stated position 96.2% of the time.[38] As of December 2021, Nunes had voted in line with Joe Biden‘s stated position 11% of the time.[39]

Energy

On July 28, 2010, Nunes introduced H.R. 5899, “A Roadmap for America’s Energy Future”, which would have accelerated the exploration and production of fossil fuel, supported the rapid development of market-based alternative energy supplies, and expanded the number of nuclear reactors from 104 to 300 over the next thirty years.[40] Kimberley Strassel of The Wall Street Journal wrote, “It’s a bill designed to produce energy, not restrict it” with “no freebies”, and “offers a competitive twist to government support of renewable energy.”[41]

Environment

Nunes wrote in his book Restoring the Republic that environmental lobbyists were “followers of neo-Marxist, socialist, Maoist or Communist ideals.”[42]

In February 2014, during a drought in California, Nunes rejected any link to global warming, claiming “Global warming is nonsense.”[43] He described the state’s water shortages as a “man-made drought” due to water restrictions from the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and other environmental regulations that have seen water allocations decline dramatically even in non-drought years.[44]

He criticized the federal government for shutting off portions of California’s system of water irrigation and storage and diverting water from farmers into a program for freshwater salmon and the delta smelt.[43] Nunes co-sponsored the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act to reduce California water shortages by reducing environmental regulations. He also co-sponsored the California Emergency Drought Relief Act. The bills passed the House of Representatives in February 2014 and December 2014 respectively, but were not voted on by the Senate.

Fiscal policy

On January 27, 2010, Nunes co-sponsored H.R. 4529, Roadmap for America’s Future Act of 2010, the Republican Party’s budget proposal.[45][46]

On December 2, 2010, Nunes introduced H.R. 6484, the Public Employee Pension Transparency Act, which would “provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans,” but it never received a vote.[47][48]

Nunes has long been a proponent of a consumption tax model and has been influenced by David Bradford.[49] In 2016, he introduced the American Business Competitiveness Act (H.R. 4377), known as the ABC Act, a “cash-flow tax plan” featuring full same-year expensing and a reduction of the highest rate for federal corporate income tax rate to 25%.[49] Nunes’s proposal was influential among House Republicans with conservative economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin stating Nunes had “a tremendous impact on the debate” for a non-chairman.[49] His business expensing provision was incorporated in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.[50]

In April 2016, Nunes voted for the Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act, a bill that would prevent the IRS from accessing the names of donors to nonprofit organizations.[51] Critics of the bill, which was promoted by the Koch brothers, say IRS access to donor information is important for ensuring foreign funds do not impact U.S. elections.[51]

Nunes voted in support of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.[52]

Health care

In 2009, Nunes co-authored the “Patients’ Choice Act” with Paul Ryan (R-WI) in the House, and Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Richard Burr (R-NC) in the Senate. The bill would have established a system of state health insurance exchanges and amended the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for qualified health care insurance coverage. It also proposed to absorb Medicaid programs into the exchange system.[53][non-primary source needed] The Patients’ Choice Act was incorporated into the “Roadmap for America’s Future Act of 2010”.[citation needed]

Nunes opposes the Affordable Care Act and has said it cannot be fixed.[54] In 2017 he voted to repeal it.[55]

Nunes was skeptical of government-ordered shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, describing California’s decision to close schools to halt the spread of coronavirus as “way overkill.”[56] During early March 2020, near the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nunes emphasized keeping the economy and family life functioning by encouraging healthy families to go out to local restaurants.[57] He later clarified that this comment was intended for drive-through restaurants.[58] In mid-march 2020, Nunes predicted that the pandemic would be under control by Easter.[59]

Immigration and refugees

Nunes supported President Trump’s Executive Order 13769 imposing a temporary ban on entry into the United States by citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, claiming it was “a common-sense security measure to prevent terror attacks on the homeland”.[60]

Intelligence Committee

Nunes opposed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, an international agreement that the U.S. and other major world powers negotiated with Iran, under which Iran was granted partial sanctions relief in exchange for limits on and monitoring of its nuclear activities.[61][62]

Nunes urged the Obama Administration to declassify the Abbottabad documents, which were al-Qaeda records captured by U.S. forces during the attack on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan.[63] The Trump Administration eventually released nearly half a million files from the collection.[64] New York Times terrorism reporter Rukmini Callimachi said the documents contradicted claims by Obama Administration officials that during their administration, al Qaeda had been largely decimated and that bin Laden was isolated.[65]

Paul Ryan vacated the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee when he replaced John Boehner as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Ryan asked Nunes to stay on the Intelligence Committee, and Nunes complied.[66][67]

Surveillance

In January 2019, Congress passed a bill Nunes supported, which extends Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) until 2023, and Trump signed it into law that month. FISA Section 702 allows the National Security Agency to conduct searches of foreigners’ communications without a warrant. The process incidentally collects information from Americans.[68][69][70] Nunes lauded the bill’s passing, stating the bill has “new, rigorous measures to protect Americans’ privacy and to ensure the program is used properly to target foreign terrorists, weapons proliferators, and other threats to Americans’ safety and security.”[71][72]

Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict

Nunes accused Turkey of inciting the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.[73] On October 1, 2020, he co-signed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that condemned Azerbaijan’s offensive operations against Nagorno-Karabakh, denounced Turkey’s role in the conflict and called for an immediate ceasefire.[74]

Transportation

California State Route 99 is a highway running north–south that branches from Interstate 5 at the community of Wheeler Ridge in Kern County and continues northward through the Central Valley until it connects with Interstate 5 again at Red Bluff in Tehama County. In 2005 Nunes introduced H.R. 99, which designated State Route 99 as a congressional High Priority Corridor. The bill also provided federal authorization for Highway 99 to become part of the Interstate Highway System. On February 17, 2011, Nunes introduced H.R. 761, the “San Joaquin Valley Transportation Enhancement Act”, which would give the State of California the option to redirect federal high-speed rail funds to finance improvements to Highway 99.[75] H.R. 761 was cosponsored by Jeff Denham (R-CA) and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).[76]

U.S. base in Portugal

In 2015, Nunes clashed with the Pentagon over a U.S. base in the Azores, Portugal.[77] He proposed relocating Africa Command and European Command intelligence centers to an existing American facility in the Azores, contrary to plans by Pentagon and NATO to create a larger intelligence “fusion” facility in the United Kingdom, maintaining that this would save money because of the Azores’ lower living and construction costs.[78] The Pentagon responded by stating “Moving to Lajes Field is very expensive and living is expensive as well.”[79] The Government Accountability Office (GAO) later found the Department of Defense had provided inaccurate information to Congress, did not correct the errors in a timely manner, and used deficient practices when providing information to Congress in regard to Nunes’ inquiries about the basing issue.[80]

Comments about other politicians

During the debate over the Affordable Health Care Act in the House of Representatives, Nunes said of then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, “For most of the 20th century people fled the ghost of communist dictators and now you are bringing the ghosts back into this chamber.”[81] He has also had a long-running dispute with another San Francisco Bay-area Democrat, Senator Dianne Feinstein, over California water policy and other issues,[82] even running a series of advertisements against her in California.[83]

Nunes’s criticisms have not been limited to liberals or the Obama administration. During the October 2013 budget standoff, Nunes called certain members of his own Republican Conference who favored a government shutdown “lemmings with suicide vests,” believing a shutdown would hurt the Republican Party while failing in its goal of eliminating Obamacare. “It’s kind of an insult to lemmings to call them lemmings” because of their tactics, he said.[84][85]

In May 2014, Nunes criticized fellow Republican Justin Amash over his votes on NSA surveillance.[86]

Role in Trump–Russia investigation

See also: Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and Nunes memo

As Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Nunes was an early skeptic of media reports that the Trump Administration had colluded with Russia to interfere in the 2016 presidential elections.[87] He believed that leaders of the U.S. Intelligence Community were using their investigations of Russian hacking to undermine the incoming Trump Administration. In December 2016, he issued a press release accusing Intelligence Community directors of withholding information on Russian hacking from the House Intelligence Committee, asserting that “intransigence in sharing intelligence with Congress can enable the manipulation of intelligence for political purposes.”[88]

Nunes also denounced a series of major leaks of classified information, including calls between National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, between Trump and Mexican President Enrique Nieto, and between Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.[89] In February 2017, Nunes insisted that while “major laws have been broken” through these leaks and the unmasking of Flynn’s name in intelligence reports, he had not seen any evidence that Trump campaign officials had colluded with Russians, and stated he would not lead a “witch hunt” against American citizens based on unverified media reports.[90][89]

At a March 15, 2017 press conference, Nunes denied a claim by Trump that President Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower, but Nunes said he wanted to find out whether other surveillance methods had been used against Trump or his associates.[91] It was later revealed that the Obama Administration had used surveillance against Trump associates, including unmaskings,[92] FISA surveillance, the use of government informants, and secretly accessing phone records.[93]

On March 22, 2017, Nunes announced that he had received information that the communications of “some members of Trump’s transition team, including potentially the president himself” had been “incidentally collected” by the intelligence community. The names of these individuals, said Nunes were unmasked and “widely disseminated” throughout the intelligence community. He added that it was legal FISA surveillance, and unrelated to Russia.[94] Congress later disclosed that President Obama’s U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, had unmasked nearly 300 people and that thirty nine Obama Administration officials, including Power, had unmasked Michael Flynn’s name in intelligence reports.[95] It was also revealed that Obama Administration National Security Advisor Susan Rice had unmasked Trump associates,[96] even though she had responded to Nunes’ announcement that Obama officials had unmasked Trump associates by declaring, “I know nothing about this. I was surprised to see reports from Chairman Nunes on that count today.”[97]

Nunes had met his source for the information one day earlier at the White House grounds, with a spokesman for Nunes claiming this provided “a secure location” to view the material.[94] The New York Times later reported that his sources were two White House officials,[98] while The Washington Post reported that a third man, National Security Council lawyer John Eisenberg, was also involved.[99]

Nunes’ handling of the intercepted-communications disclosure drew sharp criticism from Democrats and some Republicans,[100] including calls for his recusal from the House investigation.[101][102] In March 2017, Nunes canceled a planned public hearing with former senior officials in favor of a classified session with FBI director James Comey and NSA director Mike Rogers, a move Democrats said was intended to protect the White House.[103][104] The Los Angeles Times editorial board wrote that they believed that Nunes’s involvement in the investigation was “threatening the credibility of the probe”.[105]

On April 6, 2017, Nunes temporarily stepped aside from leading the Russia investigation while the House Ethics Committee investigated whether he had “made unauthorized disclosures of classified information, in violation of House Rules, law, regulations, or other standards of conduct”[106] in his March press conference.[37] He called the charges “entirely false and politically motivated”.[102] On December 8, 2017, the Ethic Committee cleared Nunes of the allegations.[107][108] In May 2017, Nunes issued three subpoenas seeking documents about former Obama administration officials who requested the unmasking of Trump aides, which led to renewed accusations of colluding with the White House to undercut the Russia probe.[109] According to Politico, in July 2017 an aide to Nunes sent a pair of Republican staffers to London to contact Christopher Steele, though a congressional source said the aides were trying to contact Steele’s lawyer, not Steele himself.[110][111]

Nunes increasingly focused his investigations on abuses allegedly committed as part of the Intelligence Community’s investigation of the Trump-Russia collusion allegations. He subpoenaed the financial records of Fusion GPS, the opposition research company that paid Christopher Steele to compose the Steele dossier, to determine where funding for the dossier originated. The Steele dossier was a collection of unverified reports of Trump-Russian collusion compiled and provided to the media and to government officials by Christopher Steele, a former British spy who opposed Trump. Dossier allegations were cited to support the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment of Russian meddling[112] and the surveillance warrant application on Trump associate Carter Page,[113] and were briefed to President Trump by FBI Director Comey.[114] The primary source Steele used to collect information for the dossier, Igor Danchenko, told the FBI he had “no proof” to support the Trump-Russia collusion allegations he passed to Steele, and his information was “just talk,” “word of mouth,” “hearsay,” “conversation…with friends over beers,” and statements “made in jest.”[115]

Following court challenges by Fusion GPS, on October 28, 2017, Fusion GPS and Nunes reached an agreement for the company to disclose its financial records.[116] Four days before the agreement was announced, media reports revealed that the Hillary Clinton Campaign and the Democratic National Committee had funded the Steele dossier by funneling payments to Fusion GPS through the law firm Perkins Coie.[117]

In December 2017, the media reported that Peter Strzok, a top FBI investigator into the Hillary Clinton email investigation and the Trump-Russia collusion investigation, and later the lead investigator of the Trump-Russia collusion for independent counsel Robert Mueller, had been removed from the Mueller team after sharing text messages with his mistress, FBI attorney Lisa Page, that disparaged Trump and supported Clinton.[118] A text message to Page was later published in which Strzok vowed to stop Trump from getting elected president.[119] Responding to the texts, Nunes criticized the FBI and Department of Justice for refusing prior demands from the House Intelligence Committee to explain why Strzok had been removed from the Mueller team stating, “[T]he FBI and DOJ engaged in a willful attempt to thwart Congress’ constitutional oversight responsibility. This is part of a months-long pattern by the DOJ and FBI of stonewalling and obstructing this Committee’s oversight work, particularly oversight of their use of the Steele dossier. At this point, these agencies should be investigating themselves.”[120]

In January 2018, The Atlantic cited three anonymous congressional sources describing that the Ethics Committee was never able to obtain the classified information it was investigating regarding Nunes’s case.[121] According to anonymous sources, in August 2018, Nunes traveled to London in an attempt to meet with the heads of MI5, MI6, and GCHQ for information about Steele, but they declined meeting with him.[122][123]

In February 2018, Nunes released a four-page memorandum, the Nunes Memo, alleging that the FBI’s 2016 surveillance warrant application on Carter Page, a former advisor to the Trump campaign, was defective and politically motivated, especially due to its reliance on Steele dossier allegations.[124][125][126] House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Adam Schiff issued a rebuttal memo justifying the warrant application and declaring that the Steele dossier allegations were properly vetted and the warrant had no material omissions.[127]

A December 2019 assessment by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, described by CNN as a “scathing report”,[128] found seventeen significant errors and omissions in the Carter Page warrant.[129] As a result, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court presiding judge Rosemary Collyer accused the FBI of having misled the court,[130] and the Department of Justice invalidated two of four warrants on Carter Page.[131]

On July 23, 2025, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified a House Intelligence Committee report on the composition of the January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential elections. Compiled during Nunes’ chairmanship of the Committee, the report presented evidence contradicting the ICA’s assessment that Russian President Vladimir Putin favored Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Specifically, the report found that CIA Director John Brennan relied on substandard sources for this assessment, used unverified allegations from the Steele dossier, excluded “significant intelligence” that undermined the assessment, and overruled senior CIA officers who disagreed with the assessment.[132] Gabbard declared that the report “details how the Obama Administration manufactured an intelligence Community Assessment they knew was false.”[132]

Role in Trump impeachment inquiry

As the top Republican (“Ranking Member”) on the House Intelligence Committee, Nunes was a key player in the Trump impeachment inquiry. During the November 2019 public hearings, he delivered the opening statement for the GOP minority. Nunes focused his remarks on what he described as the unfairness of the Democrat-run impeachment process, the Democrats’ lack of credibility after promoting the “Russia collusion hoax,” revelations of prior coordination between the “whistleblower” and Democratic staff members of the House Intelligence Committee, and Democrats sabotaging attempts by Committee Republicans to gather information on Hunter Biden‘s paid position on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma.[133][134] Overall, he denounced the impeachment as an attempt to overturn the results of the 2016 elections.[135][136] Nunes also attempted to identify the whistle-blower whose complaint played a part in launching the impeachment inquiry.[137]

In November 2019, Rudy Giuliani‘s associate Lev Parnas claimed he had helped Nunes arrange a meeting in Vienna with disgraced former Ukrainian prosecutor-general Victor Shokin in an effort to procure politically embarrassing “dirt” on former Vice President Joe Biden.[138][139] In a lawsuit against CNN, Nunes declared that he never met Shokin and did not go to Vienna.[139] Shokin similarly denied ever meeting meeting Nunes,[140] with a source close to Shokin telling the Washington Post that Shokin had never heard of Nunes.[141]

Parnas’ attorney has said that Nunes and his aide Derek Harvey met with Parnas several times for updates on efforts to gather derogatory information about Joe Biden to promote Ukraine-related conspiracy theories and that Nunes timed a post-2018 election trip to avoid disclosure to Democratic colleagues.[138] Nunes refused to answer media questions about his travels and later accused CNN and Daily Beast of criminal conduct for reporting on the matter, and filed a defamation suit against CNN over its coverage, which was dismissed in 2021.[142][143] Parnas stated he was prepared to testify that Nunes’s staff canceled a planned 2019 trip to Ukraine when they realized it would have to be reported to the House Intelligence chair Adam Schiff, potentially implicating Nunes’s office in the same Ukraine pressure campaign under investigation.[144] The House Intelligence’s impeachment report subsequently released call records showing frequent contacts among Nunes, Rudy Giuliani and Parnas during key moments in that effort, prompting Democrats to call for an ethics inquiry and raising questions about whether Nunes was acting as an investigator or a participant.[145][146] Nunes later acknowledged speaking to Parnas, calling the conversation “normal, standard operating procedure.”[147][148][149][150]

On June 29, 2022, Parnas was sentenced to 20 months in prison for conspiring to make illegal political contributions and straw donations, participating in a wire fraud conspiracy, and making false statements and falsifying records.[151]

Defamation lawsuits filed by Nunes

Nunes, co-sponsored the “Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act” and has filed 11 defamation lawsuits between 2019 and 2023, including a $435 million claim against CNN that was dismissed in 2021.[152][153][154] Legal experts have categorized many of these actions as Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) that are unlikely to succeed, with many cases either thrown out by courts or voluntarily withdrawn.[155][156]

In March 2019, Nunes sued Twitter, consultant Liz Mair, her firm, and the parody accounts “Devin Nunes’s Mom” and Devin Nunes’s Cow” for defamation seeking $250 million, but a judge later held Twitter immune under Section 230 and dismissed his related claims against Mair in 2021.[157][158][159] In April 2019, Nunes filed a $150 million defamation suit in Virginia against the McClatchy Company and others over a Fresno Bee story linking him to a winery lawsuit involving a 2015 yacht party, then voluntarily withdrew the case in 2020 due to McClatchy filing for bankruptcy.[160][161][162] In August 2019, Nunes sued a group of activists who had challenged his use of “farmer” as his ballot occupation, but he withdrew the suit later that year.[163][164] In September 2019, Nunes sued journalist Ryan Lizza and Hearst Magazines over a 2018 Esquire article about his family’s dairy operation moving to Iowa, but the suit was dismissed after courts found the challenged reporting essentially accurate.[165][166] Also in September 2019, Nunes sued the Campaign for Accountability and Fusion GPS alleging they conspired to obstruct his investigation of the Steele dossier, a claim a federal court dismissed in 2020.[167][168] On December 31, 2019, Nune’s attorney sent Representative Ted Lieu a letter threatening a defamation suit over Lieu’s comments about Nunes and Lev Parnas, to which Lieu publicly responded by inviting such litigation.[169][170]

In February 2021, the Campaign for Accountability filed a House ethics complaint after Nunes and several other Republicans used pandemic-related proxy voting while attending the Conservative Political Action Conference.[171][172] In August 2021, Nunes sued NBCUniversal over statements made by Rachel Maddow on MSNBC; in 2022, a judge dismissed all but one claim, allowing the case to proceed narrowly on a single allegation found to plausibly allege actual malice.[173][174]

In November 2022, Nunes filed a defamation suit in Florida against CNN over statements made on an October 31, 2022 segment, but the case was dismissed on jurisdictional grounds and his appeal was rejected after his counsel failed to respond.[153][175]

In April 2023, Nunes sued The Guardian and former Trump Media executive Will Wilkerson alleging defamation over a report that federal investigators had examined Trump Media for possible money laundering.[176][177]

Personal life

Nunes married Elizabeth Nunes (née Tamariz), an elementary school teacher, in 2003. They have three daughters.[178] Nunes is a practicing Catholic, and attends Mass in Tulare.[179]

He wrote a foreword for the 2012 edition of the 1951 novel Home Is An Island by Portuguese-American author Alfred Lewis. It was published by Tagus Press, an imprint of the Center for Portuguese Culture and Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.[180]

Nunes operates a winery, Nunes Wine Company, which sells Portuguese and Bordeaux varietals grown in San Luis Obispo County, California.[181]

Honors

Nunes being awarded the Order of the Star of Romania by Klaus Iohannis in 2017

President Donald Trump awarded Nunes the Presidential Medal of Freedom on January 4, 2021.[182][183] In a press release, the Trump White House lauded Nunes for exposing illegal surveillance by the Obama administration of the Trump campaign,[183] stating, “Congressman Nunes pursued the Russia Hoax at great personal risk and never stopped standing up for the truth. He had the fortitude to take on the media, the FBI, the Intelligence Community, the Democrat Party, foreign spies, and the full power of the Deep State.”[183]

Nunes has received the following foreign honors:

Grand-Officer of the Order of Prince Henry, Portugal (June 7, 2013)[184][185]
Commander of the Order of the Star of Romania, Romania (June 8, 2017)[186][187]

References

  1. ^ “New Day – Devin Nunes” on YouTube
  2. ^ “Essential Politics November archives”. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  3. ^ Seipel, Arnie; Parks, Miles (March 13, 2018). “House Intelligence Democrats Release Response To GOP Russia Conclusions”. NPR. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Zengerle, Jason (April 24, 2018). “How Devin Nunes Turned the House Intelligence Committee Inside Out”. The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  5. ^ Naylor, Brian (January 4, 2021). “Trump Gives Medal Of Freedom To Loyalist GOP Congressman Nunes”. NPR. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  6. ^ “Meet Devin”. nunes.house.gov. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 (PDF). Office of the Historian and Office of the Clerk, United States House of Representatives. April 7, 2014. p. 681. ISBN 978-0-16-092028-8.
  8. ^ Case, Charles (September 6, 2005). “I broke so many tractors, they made me work with the cows”. The Hill.
  9. ^ Megan Smolenyak (August 9, 2018). “Why Hasn’t Devin Nunes Assimilated Yet?”. Medium.com. Archived from the original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  10. ^ Nunes, Devin (January 10, 2009). “California’s Gold Rush Has Been Reversed”. The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on August 29, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  11. ^ “Devin Nunes officially quits Congress. Who may replace him?”. Yahoo News. January 3, 2022. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  12. ^ “Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)”. The Washington Post. 2018. Archived from the original on January 28, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  13. ^ “Devin Nunes 1973–” (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on July 29, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  14. ^ Tau, Byron (March 29, 2018). “Behind the Political Rise of Devin Nunes”. The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019 – via www.wsj.com.
  15. ^ “Our Campaigns—CA District 20—All-Party Primary Race—Jun 02, 1998”. www.ourcampaigns.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  16. ^ a b “(Title is lost)”. National Journal.[dead link]
  17. ^ “Election Summary Report Statewide Direct Primary Election June 8, 2010 Summary For Jurisdiction Wide, All Counters, All Races Final Official Report”. Fresno County, California. Archived from the original on July 27, 2007. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  18. ^ “United States Congress Election Results, 2010” (PDF). California Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 21, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  19. ^ “Election Summary Report, Statewide Direct Primary Election, June 8, 2010, Summary For Jurisdiction Wide, All Counters, All Races, Final Official Report”. Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters. July 6, 2010. Archived from the original on November 9, 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  20. ^ Bowen, Debra (November 2012). “Statement of Vote, November 6, 2012, General Election” (PDF). California Secretary of State. State of California. p. 31. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  21. ^ Bowen, Debra (November 2014). “Statement of Vote, November 4, 2014, General Election” (PDF). California Secretary of State. State of California. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 14, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  22. ^ Padilla, Alex (November 2016). “Statement of Vote, November 8, 2016, General Election” (PDF). California Secretary of State. State of California. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  23. ^ “Rep. Devin Nunes: Campaign Finance/Money—PAC Data—Representative 2014”. OpenSecrets. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  24. ^ “Rep. Devin Nunes: Campaign Finance/Money—PAC Data—Representative 2016”. OpenSecrets. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  25. ^ Alexander, Donnell (August 1, 2018). “Restless Valley: Can Devin Nunes Hold His Seat in November? | Capital & Main”. capitalandmain.com. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  26. ^ “California Election Results: 22nd House District” (PDF). California Secretary of State. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  27. ^ “Devin Nunes”. Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on October 7, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  28. ^ Reyes-Velarde, Alejandra; Money, Luke (November 4, 2020). “Republican Rep. Devin Nunes wins reelection in District 22”. The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 5, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  29. ^ Nobles, Ryan (December 6, 2021). “Devin Nunes says he’s leaving Congress by the end of the year”. CNN. Archived from the original on May 31, 2025.
  30. ^ “HPSCI Majority Members”. Archived from the original on July 22, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  31. ^ “NUNES, Devin | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives”. history.house.gov. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  32. ^ admin (January 15, 2013). “Chairman Camp Announces Ways and Means Subcommittee Chairmen for 113th Congress”. Ways and Means. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  33. ^ admin (February 3, 2021). “Brady Announces Subcommittee Leaders and Assignments for the 117th Congress”. Ways and Means. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  34. ^ “Se Reúne El Presidente Calderón Con Legisladores Estadounidenses”. Presidencia De La República, México (in Spanish). April 24, 2012. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012.
  35. ^ “Members”. House Baltic Caucus. Archived from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  36. ^ “Members”. U.S.–Japan Caucus. Archived from the original on December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  37. ^ a b Cloud, David S. (April 6, 2017). “Devin Nunes says he’s temporarily stepping aside from Russia probe”. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  38. ^ Bycoffe, Aaron (January 30, 2017). “Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump”. FiveThirtyEight. Archived from the original on October 5, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  39. ^ Bycoffe, Anna Wiederkehr and Aaron (October 22, 2021). “Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden?”. Archived from the original on May 8, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  40. ^ “A bill to expand domestic fossil fuel production, develop more nuclear power, and expand renewable electricity” (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 3, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
  41. ^ Strassel, Kimberley A. (July 30, 2010). “A GOP Energy Alternative”. The Wall Street Journal.
  42. ^ Doyle, Michael. “California lawmaker’s book pounds environmentalists”. mcclatchydc.com.
  43. ^ a b Onishi, Norimitsu; Davenport, Coral (February 14, 2014). “Obama Announces Aid for Drought-Stricken California”. The New York Times. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  44. ^ [1] [dead link]
  45. ^ A Roadmap for America’s Future—Introduction Press Conference. youtube.com. January 27, 2010. Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  46. ^ “H.R.4529—111th Congress (2009–2010): Roadmap for America’s Future Act of 2010 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress”. Congress.gov. February 23, 2010.
  47. ^ H.R. 6484—To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans. December 2, 2010, as introduced. Archived December 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  48. ^ Devin, Nunes (June 28, 2018). “Text—H.R.6290—115th Congress (2017–2018): Public Employee Pension Transparency Act”. www.congress.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  49. ^ a b c “Nunes Bill Seen as Big Influence in Republican Tax Plan”. Bloomberg BNA. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  50. ^ “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: A comparison for businesses | Internal Revenue Service”. www.irs.gov. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  51. ^ a b “Koch Brothers Push Forward Efforts To Hide Nonprofit Donors’ Identities”, April 29, 2016, CBS San Francisco, Retrieved April 21, 2017, “… Among the Republicans on the committee who voted in favor of the bill was California’s Rep. Devin Nunes …”
  52. ^ Almukhtar, Sarah (December 19, 2017). “How Each House Member Voted on the Tax Bill”. The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 19, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  53. ^ “FDsys—Browse Congressional Bills” (PDF). gpo.gov.
  54. ^ “There is no fixing ObamaCare”. U.S. House of Representatives. November 15, 2013. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  55. ^ Aisch, Gregor (May 4, 2017). “How Every Member Voted on the House Health Care Bill”. The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 8, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  56. ^ Irby, Kate (2020). “Devin Nunes calls California coronavirus plan ‘way overkill’ the same day Trump praises it”. Fresno Bee.
  57. ^ Rosenberg, Jacob (March 15, 2020). “Devin Nunes just went on Fox News and told viewers, “It’s a great time to go out”“. Mother Jones. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  58. ^ Behrmann, Savannah. “Nunes walks back ‘go to your local pub’ comments, blames media for creating coronavirus panic”. USA TODAY. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  59. ^ Irby, Kate (March 19, 2020). “As coronavirus spreads in Devin Nunes’ district, he blames ‘these media freaks’“. The Fresno Bee. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  60. ^ Blake, Aaron (January 29, 2017). “Coffman, Gardner join Republicans against President Trump’s travel ban; here’s where the rest stand”. The Denver Post. Archived from the original on January 29, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  61. ^ Dilanian, Ken (July 29, 2015). “House intelligence chair calls for new Iran assessment”. Times of Israel. Associated Press.
  62. ^ Lak, Eli (July 14, 2015). “House Intelligence Chairman: Deal Paves Way for Iranian Bomb”. Bloomberg.com.
  63. ^ “Nunes Comments on Release of Osama bin Laden Documents”. The Permanent Select Committee On Intelligence. March 1, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  64. ^ “Here’s What Was Found on Osama Bin Laden’s Computer Files”. US News & World Report. Archived from the original on July 10, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  65. ^ “Understanding al Qaeda Through the Massive Trove of Osama bin Laden’s Files” (PDF). s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  66. ^ Nunes, Devin (October 29, 2015). “Nunes to Remain as Intel Committee Chairman”. United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  67. ^ Gehrke, Joel; Plott, Elaina (October 29, 2015). “Devin Nunes Won’t Seek Ways and Means Gavel, at Ryan’s Request”. National Review. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  68. ^ Volz, Dustin (January 20, 2018). “Trump signs bill renewing NSA’s internet surveillance program”. Reuters. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  69. ^ Matishak, Martin (January 17, 2019). “Trump signs surveillance extension into law”. Politico. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  70. ^ Haynes, Danielle. “Trump signs FISA law amid speculation over intelligence memo”. UPI. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  71. ^ “Nunes Statement on Passage of FISA 702 Bill”. The Permanent Select Committee On Intelligence. January 11, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  72. ^ Krieg, Gregory (January 31, 2018). “Why are GOP surveillance hawks so excited to ‘release the memo’?”. CNN. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  73. ^ “Members of Congress Blast Azerbaijan and Turkey As Attack on Artsakh Expands to Armenia”. Armenian Weekly. September 29, 2020.
  74. ^ “Senate and House Leaders to Secretary of State Pompeo: Cut Military Aid to Azerbaijan; Sanction Turkey for Ongoing Attacks Against Armenia and Artsakh”. Armenian Weekly. October 2, 2020. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  75. ^ “San Joaquin Valley Transportation Enhancement Act of 2011 (2011—H.R. 761)”. GovTrack.
  76. ^ Cox, John (February 17, 2011). “McCarthy backs plan to redirect bullet train money to improve Highway 99”. Bakersfield.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2011.
  77. ^ “Biography—Congressman Devin Nunes”. house.gov. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  78. ^ Barnes, Julian E. (June 16, 2015). “U.S., Portugal Wrangle Over Fate of U.S. Base in Azores,” The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  79. ^ “Lajes Field, Armed Forces Europe, Middle East, Africa”. US Department of Defense. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  80. ^ “Inspector General | Report of Investigation on Allegetions Related to the Department of Defense’s Decision to Relocate a Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex” (PDF). October 30, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2019.
  81. ^ RepDevinNunes (March 21, 2010). “Healthcare Bill: The Ghost of Communism”. Archived from the original on November 17, 2021 – via YouTube.
  82. ^ “Nunes contemplating bid against Feinstein”. KXTV. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  83. ^ “GOP congressman runs TV ads attacking Feinstein”. Real Clear Politics. Associated Press. November 7, 2011.
  84. ^ Helderman, Rosalind S. (September 30, 2013). “Nunes calls fellow House Republicans ‘Lemmings with suicide vests’“. The Washington Post.
  85. ^ Parker, Ashley (September 30, 2013). “Conservatives With a Cause: ‘We’re Right’“. The New York Times.
  86. ^ Palmer, Anna; Sherman, Jake (May 8, 2014). “Taking on a die-hard tea partier”. Politico.
  87. ^ “House Intel chair: Trump-Russia ties can’t become ‘witch hunt’“. Chicago Tribune. February 27, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  88. ^ “Nunes Statement on Cancellation of Cyber-Attack Briefing”. The Permanent Select Committee On Intelligence. December 14, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  89. ^ a b Face the Nation (February 19, 2017). House Intel chair aims to avoid “witch hunts” in leak investigations. Retrieved December 12, 2025 – via YouTube.
  90. ^ Siders, David (February 26, 2017). “House Intel chair: Trump-Russia investigation calls ‘almost like McCarthyism’“. Politico. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  91. ^ Seipel, Arnie (March 15, 2017). “As Senate Investigators Push Back, White House Defends Trump Surveillance Claims”. NPR. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  92. ^ “Download | U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa”. www.grassley.senate.gov. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  93. ^ “A Secret Mission, a Code Name and Anxiety: Inside the Early Days of the F.B.I.’s Trump Investigation”. Archived from the original on May 16, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  94. ^ a b Kelsey, Adam (April 8, 2017). “The path to Devin Nunes stepping aside from Russia probe”. ABC News. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  95. ^ Board, The Editorial (January 24, 2021). “Opinion | Unmasking Samantha Power”. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  96. ^ PBS NewsHour (April 4, 2017). Susan Rice on Nunes allegations: ‘I know nothing about this’. Retrieved December 22, 2025 – via YouTube.
  97. ^ Raju, Manu (September 13, 2017). “Exclusive: Rice on unmasking Trump officials | CNN Politics”. CNN. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  98. ^ Rosenberg, Matthew; Haberman, Maggie; Goldman, Adam (March 30, 2017). “2 White House Officials Helped Give Nunes Intelligence Reports”. The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  99. ^ Miller, Greg; DeYoung, Karen. “Three White House officials tied to files shared with House intelligence chairman”. The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  100. ^ LoBianco, Tom; Mattingly, Phil; Watkins, Eli. “Calls grow for Nunes to step aside in Russia probe”. CNN.
  101. ^ Tau, Byron; Ballhaus, Rebecca (March 23, 2017). “GOP Lawmaker Devin Nunes Sparks New Battle Over Trump Spy Claim”. The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  102. ^ a b Rebecca Shabad (April 6, 2017). “Devin Nunes recuses himself from Russia probe”. CBS News. Retrieved April 25, 2017. The House Committee on Ethics confirmed in a statement Thursday morning that it is “investigating and gathering more information” on “public allegations that Representative Devin Nunes may have made unauthorized disclosures of classified information.”
  103. ^ Sciutto, Jim; Raju, Manu; Brown, Pamela (May 3, 2017). “Sources: Former Acting AG Yates to contradict administration about Flynn at hearing”. CNN.
  104. ^ Beavers, Olivia (May 2, 2017). “Yates to testify she gave White House forceful warning on Flynn: report”. The Hill. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  105. ^ Board, The Times Editorial. “Devin Nunes’s ‘comeback’ is bad for the Intelligence Committee”. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  106. ^ “Statement of the Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Devin Nunes—House Committee on Ethics”. ethics.house.gov. April 6, 2017.
  107. ^ “House ethics panel clears Devin Nunes of leaking classified information – CBS News”. www.cbsnews.com. December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  108. ^ Kelly, Erin. “House Ethics Committee closes probe of Intel Chairman Devin Nunes”. USA Today. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  109. ^ Tom LoBianco, Jeremy Herb, June 3, 2017, CNN, House Russia probe veers close to dysfunction at end of rocky week, Retrieved June 3, 2017, “… Nunes’s decision to send out subpoenas re-opened old wounds and allegations that he was coordinating with the White House to undercut the House Russia investigation …”
  110. ^ “Hunt for Trump dossier author inflames Russia probe”. Politico. August 8, 2017.
  111. ^ “Secretive search for man behind Trump dossier reveals tension in Russia inquiry”. The Guardian. August 8, 2017.
  112. ^ Communications, ODNI Office of Strategic (December 22, 2025). “New Evidence Uncovers Obama-Directed Creation of False Intelligence Report Used to Launch Years-long Coup to Undermine President Trump and the American People”. Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  113. ^ “Judiciary Committee Releases Declassified Documents that Substantially Undercut Steele Dossier, Page FISA Warrants | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary”. www.judiciary.senate.gov. July 17, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  114. ^ Bernstein, Evan Perez,Jim Sciutto,Jake Tapper,Carl (January 10, 2017). “Intel chiefs presented Trump with claims of Russian efforts to compromise him | CNN Politics”. CNN. Retrieved December 22, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  115. ^ Rogan, Tom (December 9, 2019). “FISA abuse report deconstructs the Steele dossier”. Washington Examiner. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  116. ^ “Intel Committee Reaches Settlement on Fusion GPS Financial Records”. The Permanent Select Committee On Intelligence. October 28, 2017. Archived from the original on April 8, 2025. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  117. ^ “Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier”. The Washington Post. October 24, 2017. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  118. ^ “Top FBI official assigned to Mueller’s Russia probe said to have been removed after sending anti-Trump texts”. The Washington Post. April 19, 2018. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  119. ^ Higgins, Tucker (June 14, 2018). “FBI agent’s text disclosed by Justice watchdog: ‘We’ll stop’ Trump from becoming president”. CNBC. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  120. ^ “Nunes Statement on DOJ/FBI Obstruction of Intel Committee Oversight”. The Permanent Select Committee On Intelligence. December 2, 2017. Archived from the original on April 8, 2025. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  121. ^ Bertrand, Natasha (January 29, 2018). “The Circumscribed Ethics Investigation Into Devin Nunes”. The Atlantic. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  122. ^ Bertrand, Natasha (August 28, 2018). “Devin Nunes’s Curious Trip to London”. The Atlantic. Archived from the original on August 28, 2018.
  123. ^ Hosenball, Mark (August 28, 2018). Graff, Peter (ed.). “Congressman Nunes sought meeting with UK spy chiefs in London”. Reuters.
  124. ^ Nunes, Devin. “Nunes Memo” (PDF). intelligence.house.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  125. ^ “President Trump Says Nunes Memo ‘Totally Vindicates’ Him in Russia Investigation”. Time. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  126. ^ “Trump claims Nunes memo ‘totally’ vindicates him as FBI says ‘talk is cheap’“. The Guardian. February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  127. ^ “Correcting the Record – The Russia Investigations” (PDF). democrats-intelligence.house.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 24, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  128. ^ Perez, David Shortell,Evan (January 23, 2020). “Two of four FISA warrants against Carter Page declared invalid | CNN Politics”. CNN. Retrieved December 22, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  129. ^ “Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation” (PDF). www.justice.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  130. ^ News, A. B. C. “FISA court issues rare order to DOJ, FBI following scathing watchdog review”. ABC News. Retrieved December 22, 2025. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  131. ^ Perez, David Shortell,Evan (January 23, 2020). “Two of four FISA warrants against Carter Page declared invalid | CNN Politics”. CNN. Retrieved December 22, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  132. ^ a b Communications, ODNI Office of Strategic (December 22, 2025). “New Evidence Uncovers Obama-Directed Creation of False Intelligence Report Used to Launch Years-long Coup to Undermine President Trump and the American People”. Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  133. ^ Kilgore, Ed (November 20, 2019). “Nunes to Sondland: Let’s Talk About My Conspiracy Theories”. New York. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  134. ^ Bump, Philip (November 21, 2019). “Fiona Hill tells Devin Nunes to his face that his Ukraine conspiracy theory is ‘harmful’“. The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 24, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  135. ^ “Nunes Opening Statement for Kent and Taylor Hearing on Impeachment”. The Permanent Select Committee On Intelligence. November 13, 2019. Archived from the original on August 6, 2025. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  136. ^ Andrews, Siobhan Hughes and Natalie (November 12, 2019). “A Guide to the Public Impeachment Hearings”. WSJ. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  137. ^ Panetta, Grace. “Devin Nunes used all his time in the impeachment hearing to try to out the Ukraine whistleblower”. Business Insider. Insider Inc. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  138. ^ a b Ward, Vicky (November 22, 2019). “Exclusive: Giuliani associate willing to tell Congress Nunes met with ex-Ukrainian official to get dirt on Biden”. CNN. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  139. ^ a b Polantz, Vicky Ward,Katelyn (December 4, 2019). “Nunes disputes claim that he met with former Ukrainian prosecutor to get dirt on Bidens | CNN Politics”. CNN. Retrieved December 22, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  140. ^ “Analysis | The Devin Nunes-Ukraine allegations, explained”. The Washington Post. November 25, 2019. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  141. ^ “Top House Democrat says ethics probe of Nunes is likely over alleged meeting with Ukrainian about Bidens”. The Washington Post. November 24, 2019. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  142. ^ “Nunes suggests CNN, Daily Beast committed crimes with reporting on Ukraine prosecutor”. Axios. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  143. ^ “Nunes: We are going to take CNN and Daily Beast to court”. Fox News. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  144. ^ Wilkie, Christina (November 25, 2019). “Giuliani associate wants to testify that Nunes’s aides hid Ukraine meetings on Biden dirt from Schiff”. CNBC. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  145. ^ House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (December 3, 2019). “Report of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Pursuant to H. Res. 660 in Consultation with the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs” (PDF). U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  146. ^ Analysis by Marshall Cohen (December 5, 2019). “New evidence raises the question: Is Nunes an investigator or participant in Ukraine affair?”. CNN. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  147. ^ Ballhaus, Rebecca (December 3, 2019). “Report Reveals Call Records Between Giuliani, White House and Nunes”. The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  148. ^ “Democrats Release New Documents on Eve of Impeachment Trial”. The New York Times. Associated Press. January 14, 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  149. ^ Devan Cole Devin Nunes now says he talked to key Ukraine figure, after suggesting he hadn’t CNN 16 January 2020
  150. ^ Jeremy Herb and Manu Raju, New impeachment documents show more texts about possible surveillance of former US ambassador to Ukraine CNN January 18, 2020
  151. ^ “Lev Parnas Sentenced To 20 Months In Prison For Campaign Finance, Wire Fraud, And False Statements Offenses”. www.justice.gov. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  152. ^ Rupar, Aaron (November 25, 2019). “Nunes threatens to sue CNN for reporting on statement made by indicted Giuliani associate’s lawyer”. Vox. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  153. ^ a b “Devin Nunes can’t sue CNN and Jake Tapper over Paul Pelosi comments in Florida. Here’s why”. www.aol.com. March 2, 2023. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  154. ^ Vicky Ward and Katelyn Polantz (December 4, 2019). “Nunes disputes claim that he met with former Ukrainian prosecutor to get dirt on Bidens”. CNN. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  155. ^ “The real costs of Devin Nunes’s defamation lawsuit”. Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  156. ^ Lee, Timothy B. (March 19, 2019). “Devin Nunes’s ludicrous $250 million lawsuit against Twitter, explained”. Ars Technica. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  157. ^ Ho, Vivian (March 19, 2019). “Goats, cows and Devin Nunes’s mom: how a Republican’s Twitter lawsuit backfired”. The Guardian. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  158. ^ Irby, Kate (June 24, 2020). “Devin Nunes can’t sue Twitter over statements by fake cow, judge rules”. The Fresno Bee. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  159. ^ Brassil, Gillian (August 23, 2021). “Judges dismiss Devin Nunes’ defamation lawsuits against Republican strategist”. The Fresno Bee.
  160. ^ McBride, Ashley (April 9, 2019). “Rep. Devin Nunes sues McClatchy for $150 million over sex party lawsuit story”. San Francisco Chronicle.
  161. ^ Biasotti, Tony (April 12, 2019). “The real costs of Devin Nunes’s defamation lawsuit”. Columbia Journalism Review.
  162. ^ “Devin Nunes drops libel lawsuit against bankrupt McClatchy”. Visalia Times-Delta. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  163. ^ Ward, James (August 2, 2019). “Devin Nunes’ latest lawsuit target: Retired organic farmer, artist Paul Buxman”. VisaliaTimesDelta.com. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  164. ^ “…his campaign filed and dropped (a suit) against a retired farmer in Nunes’ congressional district who challenged the congressman’s description of himself as a farmer…”
  165. ^ Gstalter, Morgan (October 3, 2019). “Nunes files $75M lawsuit over Esquire story about ‘secret’ Iowa dairy”. The Hill.
  166. ^ Gerstein, Josh (April 25, 2023). “Judge tosses Devin Nunes suit over Esquire article”. POLITICO.
  167. ^ Weiner, Rachel (September 4, 2019). “Devin Nunes suing Glenn Simpson and ethics group, claiming conspiracy”. The Washington Post.
  168. ^ “Judge dismisses Nunes lawsuit against Fusion GPS”. AP NEWS. September 10, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  169. ^ “Ted Lieu tells Nunes to “Shove It”“. The Washington Post. January 1, 2020.
  170. ^ “Ted Lieu tells Devin Nunes to ‘shove it’ after Republican colleague threatens lawsuit”. The Mercury News. January 18, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  171. ^ Bash, Dana; Raju, Manu; Diaz, Daniella; Fox, Lauren; Warren, Michael (February 26, 2021). “More than a dozen Republicans tell House they can’t attend votes due to ‘public health emergency.’ They’re slated to be at CPAC”. CNN. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  172. ^ Grayer, Annie; Diaz, Daniella (March 10, 2021). “First on CNN: Watchdog group requests investigation into 13 GOP lawmakers for misusing proxy voting”. CNN. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  173. ^ “Nunes v. NBCUniversal Media, LLC”. UniCourt. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  174. ^ Stempel, Jonathan (November 28, 2022). “Trump ally Devin Nunes can sue NBCUniversal for defamation – judge”. Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  175. ^ “Appeals court tosses Devin Nunes’ lawsuit against CNN – Raw Story – Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism”. www.rawstory.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  176. ^ Lowell, Hugo (March 15, 2023). “Federal investigators examined Trump Media for possible money laundering, sources say”. The Guardian.
  177. ^ Harwell, Drew (May 1, 2023). “He blew the whistle on Trump’s Truth Social. Now he works at Starbucks”. Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  178. ^ “Devin Nunes 1973–” Government Publishing Office.
  179. ^ Sullivan, Bartholomew D. “Devin Nunes bursts onto scene with controversial role in Russia probe”. USA TODAY. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  180. ^ “The Portuguese in the Americas Series”. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016.
  181. ^ “Devin Nunes Wines | Old World Portuguese and Bordeaux Style Wines”. www.devinnuneswines.com. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  182. ^ Kaitlan Collins (January 4, 2021). “Trump to award Medal of Freedom to GOP Reps. Devin Nunes and Jim Jordan”. CNN. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  183. ^ a b c “President Donald J. Trump to Award the Medal of Freedom to Devin Nunes – The White House”. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov.
  184. ^ “Cidadãos Estrangeiros Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas”. Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Archived from the original on February 8, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  185. ^ “Decorations attributed by the President of the Republic to individualities from the Portuguese Communities and to foreign citizens, within the celebrations of the National Day of Portugal”. Presidency of the Portuguese Republic. March 9, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  186. ^ “President Iohannis and U.S. congressmen discuss Romania’s inclusion in Visa Waiver programme”. Archived from the original on February 10, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  187. ^ “Klaus Iohannis a decorat opt congresmani americani cu Ordinul Steaua României în grad de Comandor”. Adevarul. June 9, 2017. Archived from the original on March 7, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2018.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Nunes

    Issues

    Source: Government page

    Agriculture
    Budget & Federal Spending
    Defense
    Energy
    Environment
    Foreign Affairs
    Government Reform
    Health Care
    Homeland Security
    Public Lands
    Taxes
    Trade
    Transportation

    Discuss

    OnAir membership is required. The lead Moderator for the discussions is CJ Nicholson. We encourage civil, honest, and safe discourse. For more information on commenting and giving feedback, see our Comment Guidelines.

    This is an open discussion on the contents of this post.

    Home › Forums › Open Discussion

    Viewing 0 reply threads
    Viewing 0 reply threads
    • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
    Skip to toolbar