Pelosi Statement on Intelligence Chairman Nunes’ Meeting with President Trump

"The unprecedented comments of Chairman Nunes are an act of diversion and desperation.  The Chairman's highly irregular conduct with the White House raises serious questions about his impartiality, especially given his history as part of the Trump Transition team.  Abandoning any pretense of bipartisanship, Chairman Nunes raced to the White House and to the press to perpetuate the Trump Administration's misinformation campaign.

"The unmasking of legally intercepted intelligence is often appropriate and necessary to understand the context of foreign intelligence information.  Chairman Nunes' actions are disrespectful of Ranking Member Schiff and the bipartisan membership of the Intel Committee.  Republicans are grasping at straws because the FBI Director confirmed that President Obama did not wiretap President Trump, and affirmed an investigation of coordination between the Russians and individuals affiliated with the Trump campaign in the election.

"Chairman Nunes is deeply compromised, and he cannot possibly lead an honest investigation.  Congress must create a comprehensive, independent, bipartisan commission to expose the full truth of the Trump-Russia connection."