Jim Himes: Devin Nunes Needs to Recuse Himself

‘Unless he recuses himself from the investigation it’s hard to see how it can go forward’

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HIMES: "At this point there's really one thing that needs to happen to rescue this investigation. And that is that Chairman Nunes needs to recuse himself. And that's true for two reasons. Number one, if sentiment of the public matters, and it does, I can’t imagine how Chairman Nunes stands next to the ranking member five months from now and says, 'Here is our work product. Trust me on this.' But more importantly, and this is something that people aren’t thinking too much about, an investigation relies on people coming forward and taking some risks. Maybe it’s a whistleblower, maybe it's an intelligence officer coming forward and saying, 'Here is what I know.' Now every one of those people will say to himself, 'Wait a minute. I remember a couple of weeks ago when the chairman, bizarrely, after seeing something, ran to the White House. We don’t know what he did. He wouldn’t share it with anybody. He shut down the committee.' Do you really think people will come forward and take professional risks if they are afraid that the chairman of the investigation may be improperly running to the White House?"

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