Guilt by association? Devin Nunes' campaign donor was original funder of dodgy dossier

Scott Dworkin
Daily KOS
Fri, 29 Dec 2017 00:23 UTC

Devin Nunes (R-CA)

Republican Congressman Devin Nunes received a $5,400 contribution to his campaign committee from the owner of the Washington Free Beacon, the original funder of the Trump-Russia Dossier. The contribution was made on April 7th, 2015. It was reported in the NY Times in late October that Paul Singer's conservative website originally funded the research for what became known as the Dossier: www.nytimes.com/...

One thing is certain: it's time for Nunes to be removed from the House Intelligence Committee. #RemoveNunes

Here is a link to the original record of the contribution with an image of it below: docquery.fec.gov/...

Comment: Something doesn't quite wash in this. Devin Nunes has been the most adamant in holding the FBI/DOJ responsible for their clear bias against Trump and behind the scenes helping of Hillary and the Dems, even going to far as moving to hold them in contempt of Congress for their refusal to produce requested documents. Receiving funding from the same people who funded the dossier is only guilt by association and doesn't necessarily mean Nunes had anything to do with the dossier itself. And given Daily KOS' left-leaning bias, it's not surprising they're calling for Nunes' head, given that he's going after the Dems pretty hard right now. See also:

• Nunes says 'DOJ, FBI need to investigate themselves'
• Rep. Devin Nunes orders investigators to physically remove outstanding documents from DOJ; threatens to hold McCabe in contempt
• Nunes calls for Jeff Sessions to aggressively investigate Comey, Clinton, Lynch
• Nunes: 'Stop chasing Russian ghosts', no collusion between Trump and the Russians
• Neocon news outlet The Washington Free Beacon says it was original funder of Trump dossier