House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) may have been cleared of an ethics investigation for disclosure of classified Russia intelligence, but at least one Republican who works closely with him has expressed displeasure with how he's handled the committee's investigation.
As The Washington Post reported Sunday, House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) said his "heart would be broken" if Nunes follows through "on reported plans to issue a corruption exposé about the FBI."
The Post's Karoun Demirjian wrote that Gowdy suggested Nunes may have moved to obtain information in his apparent FBI and Justice Department probe "without the express blessing" of House Majority Leader Paul Ryan (R-WI).
"I’m interested in getting access to the information and not the drama," Gowdy told the Post earlier in December when Nunes threatened to place the leaders of the FBI and DOJ in contempt after news broke that a member of special counsel Robert Mueller's team had sent text messages critical of President Donald Trump.
Throughout 2017, Nunes behavior — from seeming collusion with the White House to put a damper in the Russia investigation to starting a probe into the research firm that funded the infamous "golden showers" dossier — has made headlines.
Nunes' investigation into the DOJ and FBI comes after a chorus of right-wing critics claimed Mueller and the FBI in general foster bias against Trump.
