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No official intel used to start FBI probe into Trump campaign-Russia collusion: Rep. NunesFox Business, Apr 22, 2018House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Sunday his review of FBI and Justice Department “electronic communication†documents shows no intelligence was used to begin the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.“We now know that there was no official intelligence that was used to start this investigation. We know that Sidney Blumenthal and others were pushing information into the State Department. So we’re trying to piece all that together and that’s why we continue to look at the State Department,†Nunes told Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures.â€Nunes, R-Calif., cited the Five Eyes agreement as a way of knowing no intel was used. The U.S., along with Canada, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand, make up the “Five Eyes,†or countries that share intelligence in a more-trusted fashion than other arrangements, like NATO, particularly due to years of trust and a common language.***Still, Nunes doesn’t know whether the former secretary of state and then-Democratic challenger to Trump in the election, Hillary Clinton, was pulling the strings of the investigation launched against her political opponent. However, he said it is known that two long-time Clinton associates – including Sidney Blumenthal – were “actively†giving information to the State Department, which “was somehow making its way to the FBI.â€More: https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/no-official-intel-used-to-start-fbi-probe-into-trump-campaign-russia-collusion-rep-nunes
