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Rep. Devin Nunes is a traitor with thin skin.
He'll likely be remembered for one of the lamest political gambits in history - his infamous "Midnight Ride" to the White House.
What happened is Nunes heard a rumor that Obama was phone tapping Trump Tower. The rumor came from Trump himself.
The next day after his midnight ride to the White House to supposedly warn Trump, Nunes tweeted "Obama wire-tapped Trump Tower."
In a strange press conference later in the day Nunes claimed he had to run to Trump to tell him about the reported phone breech because it was his duty.
As the House Intelligence Committee chairman he worked diligently to sabotage any meaningful investigations into Trump's corrupt dealings with Russia during the 2016 campaign.
Without any sign of remorse for his attempt to squash the investigation, he lied about having any knowledge of calls between Trump's advisor Michael Flynn and Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak.
On Nunes thin skin
There were plenty of detractors who saw Nunes as a corrupt lackey of the president. Some of Nunes critics spent time on Twitter, calling him out for being a traitorous asshole.
A couple of those Twitter media detractors irritated Nunes so much he tried to sue them - and lost.
So he turned to Bill Barr to go after the identity of @NunesAlt. The DOJ even went as far as to get a grand jury subpoena - a unique power that requires no judge to sign off - to demand that Twitter turn over the person's name.
The reason the case didn't go anywhere was that after Barr left the new AG, Merrick Garland, withdrew the subpoena.
Will there be repercussions for this blatant abuse of power? Not likely. His fellow Trumpies in Congress will cover his ass if an investigation is ever launched.
Nowadays Nunes is comparatively quiet, content to push the Big Lie and support his idol Trump.
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