House Intelligence Committee will not start investigation on Russian hacking
posted at 7:01 pm on December 12, 2016 by John Sexton
Rep. Devin Nunes, the Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee, said Monday that he does not intend to launch an investigation into the election-related hacking by Russia. Politico reports:
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), a close ally of President-elect Donald Trump, said in a statement that a new probe would “duplicate” other actions already being taken by the intelligence community. Instead, his panel will monitor the already existing investigations being run by various intelligence agencies, he said — and keep a close eye on the Obama administration’s final report on Russian meddling, due out in late January.
“At this time I do not see any benefit in opening further investigations, which would duplicate current committee oversight efforts and Intelligence Community inquiries,” Nunes, a member of Trump’s transition team, said in the statement. “We will also closely oversee the production of the report on these attacks requested by President Obama to ensure its analytical integrity.”
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