[65] 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. We’ve exposed billionaire tax evasion and uncovered White House efforts to poison our water. Nunes’s family and staff also attended. New: Shop to Support Independent Journalism, Devin Nunes' ally behind Pentagon blocking Biden team from intel: report, Make a one-time contribution to Raw Story Investigates. And unlike other news outlets, we’ve decided to make our original content free. The process incidentally collects information from Americans. If your intention was to visit my official House of Representatives site www.Nunes.House.gov, please click here. The fight for our future is not over. "[72][73][74] This advice contradicted that of the CDC, and WHO, as well as that of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal government's leading expert on infectious diseases, who advised people to stay at home if they could. CONTACT INFORMATION. [148] The activists had argued that Nunes's parents had long ago moved the family dairy farm to Iowa and Nunes himself had no apparent farming connection left other than a small investment in a friend's Napa valley winery. "[93], 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. 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"[123] Nunes, who co-sponsored the "Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act", has a long history of filing frivolous lawsuits. Important Information. "[153] United States District Judge C. J. Williams, a Trump appointee, dismissed this suit in its entirety on August 5, 2020. 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. The server alleged that in 2015 some investors of the company held a yacht party that involved cocaine and prostitution. CfA said it did not hire Fusion GPS to investigate Nunes. Most notably, General Services Administration director Emily Murphy refused to even sign the paperwork "ascertaining" the transition for weeks after the election was called, denying resources and intelligence to transition officials. [150][151] Nunes did not specifically contest the veracity of Lizza's reporting, but claimed he "fabricated a 'secret' where none existed". Congressman Devin Nunes P.O. "[128], On December 3, 2019, the report[129] from the House Intelligence Committee regarding the impeachment inquiry documented with call records new information about Rudy Giuliani's interactions with the White House, his associates and Nunes. [163] Nunes is a practicing Catholic, and attends Mass in Tulare.[164]. On Saturday, NBC News reported that a former aide to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) recently appointed chief of staff at the Department of Defense is working to obstruct the Joe Biden transition team from receiving intelligence briefings from some Pentagon officials. Contact Us → FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA . Democrats criticized Nunes's decision and said he was trying to protect the White House from damaging revelations. Box 6545 Visalia, CA 93290. [140] A filing to quash a subpoena argued that "no reasonable person would believe that Devin Nunes's cow actually has a Twitter account" as cows "do not have the intelligence, language, or opposable digits needed to operate a Twitter account". [105], In May 2017, Nunes unilaterally 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. Nunes has tried to identify the whistle-blower whose complaint played a part in launching the impeachment inquiry. Nunes was reelected with 62% of the vote in 2012, 72% in 2014, and 68% in 2016. … then let us make a small request. This was critical, as 58% of the district's population was in Tulare County.[19]. [55][56], As House Intelligence Committee chairman, Nunes oversaw the Republican-controlled committee's two-year-long investigation into the U.S. response to the 2012 Benghazi attack. [49], Nunes voted in support of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.[50]. [57] The committee's report debunked "a series of persistent allegations hinting at dark conspiracies" about the attack, determining that "there was no intelligence failure, no delay in sending a CIA rescue team, no missed opportunity for a military rescue, and no evidence the CIA was covertly shipping arms from Libya to Syria", but found "that the State Department facility where [Christopher] Stevens and [Sean] Smith were killed was not well-protected, and that State Department security agents knew they could not defend it from a well-armed attack". [98] The latter compared Nunes's actions to those of the comically incompetent fictional character Inspector Clouseau. [132], On January 14, 2020, the House Intelligence Committee released text messages Parnas had provided investigators. Nunes, 47, as the former chairman and the current ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, fought to uncover the origins of the Russian collusion hoax. 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. 4377), known as the ABC Act, a "cash-flow tax plan" featuring full expensing and a reduction of the highest rate for federal corporate income tax rate to 25%. [48], 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. [162], Nunes married Elizabeth Nunes (née Tamariz), an elementary school teacher, in 2003. Want to support our progressive journalism? Raw Story readers power David Cay Johnston’s DCReport, which we've expanded to keep watch in Washington. [21][22], After the 2010 census, Nunes's district was renumbered the 22nd. [144][145] Some legal experts have speculated that even though both Nunes and McClatchy are based in California, he filed the lawsuit in Virginia because California has enacted stricter rules against strategic defamation lawsuits than Virginia. Nunes … 660 in Consultation with the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs", "Report Reveals Call Records Between Giuliani, White House and Nunes", Devin Nunes now says he talked to key Ukraine figure, after suggesting he hadn't, "New evidence raises the question: Is Nunes an investigator or participant in Ukraine affair? [165][166] No media were allowed to document the ceremony. [60], 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. Nunes subsequently began an investigation of the FBI and the Justice Department for allegedly abusing their powers in an attempt to hurt Trump. It also proposed to absorb Medicaid programs into the exchange system. It lost most of eastern Tulare County to the neighboring 23rd District, and now has a small plurality of Hispanic voters. He deserves it. The COVID crisis has slashed advertising rates, and we need your help. [20] He was endorsed by the California Farm Bureau and The Fresno Bee. [137][138], On March 18, 2019, Nunes filed a defamation lawsuit against Twitter, Elizabeth "Liz" Mair, Mair Strategies LLC, and the Twitter accounts, "Devin Nunes's Mom" (@DevinNunesMom) and "Devin Nunes's Cow" (@DevinCow), seeking $250 million in damages. 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