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Page 6A NATION East Oregonian Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Head of Trump-Russia probe under fire, won’t step down By EILEEN SULLIVAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House intel- ligence committee refused Tuesday to step away from its investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, as fresh political allegations brought new cries of protest from Democrats. Asked if he should recuse himself, committee chairman Devin Nunes responded, “Why would I?” Later in the day, the White House vehe- mently denied a report that it had sought to hobble the testimony of a former acting attorney general before Nunes canceled the hearing where she was to speak. President Donald Trump’s spokesman, Sean Spicer, lashed out at reporters, claiming they’re seeing conspiracies where none exist. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite House Intelligence Com- mittee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. “If the president puts Russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that’s a Russian connection,” he suggested. The embattled House committee is conducting one of three probes into the election campaign, its after- math and potential contacts between Trump officials and Russians. The Senate intelligence committee is doing its own investigation, and since late July the FBI has been conducting a coun- terintelligence investigation into Russia’s meddling and possible coordination with the Trump campaign. Nunes’ decision to cancel Tuesday’s hearing was the latest in a series of actions that Democrats contend demonstrate that his loyalty to Trump is greater than his commitment to leading an independent investigation. The California Republican, who was a member of Trump’s presidential tran- sition team, has said he met with a secret source last week on White House grounds to review classified material that showed Trump associ- ates’ communications had been captured in “incidental” surveillance of foreigners in November, December and January. Nunes would not name the source of the information, and his office said he did not intend to share it with other members of the committee. Nor would he disclose who invited him on the White House grounds for the meeting. He described the source as an intelligence official, not a White House official. In an interview on CNN, he suggested the presi- dent’s aides were unaware of the meeting. Trump has used Nunes’ revelations to defend his unproven claim that Barack Obama tapped phones at Trump Tower. In a series of tweets Monday night, Trump said that instead of probing his associates, the committee should be investigating his Democrat opponent Hillary Clinton’s ties to the Kremlin. “Trump Russia story is a hoax,” he tweeted. Adding to the swirl of questions was the publication of a series of letters dated March 23 and March 24 involving a lawyer for former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates. Yates, along with former CIA Director John Brennan and former director of national intelligence James Clapper, had agreed to testify publicly before the House intelligence committee. The canceled hearing would have been the first opportunity for the public to hear Yates’ account of her role in the firing of Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn. The letters from lawyer David O’Neil, published by The Washington Post, appeared to be in response to a meeting O’Neil had at the Justice Department on March 23 in advance of the hearing. 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But the vote was closer this time than previous rescind efforts, with 15 Republicans siding with Democrats in the effort to keep the rule in place. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the Republican-led effort was about putting profits over the privacy concerns of Americans. “Overwhelmingly, the American people do not agree with Republicans that this information should be sold, and it certainly should not be sold without your permission,” Pelosi said. 12 PM STATION House votes to block online privacy rule from Obama era WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Tuesday to block online privacy regula- tions issued during the final months of the Obama admin- istration, a first step toward allowing internet providers such as Comcast, AT&T and Verizon to sell the browsing habits of their customers. The Federal Communica- tions Commission rule was designed to give consumers greater control over how internet service providers share information. But critics said the rule would have added costs, stifled innovation and picked winners and losers among Internet companies. The House voted 215-205 to reject the rule, and sent the legislation to President Donald Trump for his signa- ture. The vote is part of an 6 AM AgDay Hot/ Cleve. Good Day Oregon at 6 News News KOIN 6 News at 6 a.m. Wake Up Northwest KGW News at Sunrise Northwest Northwest KATU News Morning Stretch W.L.Yoga (31) KTNW Jet Go! (59) OPB 13 Power 11 KPTV 3 (19) KEPR 2 KOIN 19 (25) KNDU 6 KGW 8 (42) KVEW 4 KATU 5 (11) KFFX March 29, 2017 Movies AFTERNOON PBS remarked to colleagues that he spoke with Trump more than any of the other 17 GOP candidates. The president likes WASHINGTON — In the to make good-natured digs behind-the-scenes drama of at Priebus in public remarks, who’s up and who’s down in joking about his “crazy name” Donald Trump’s White House, and telling a meeting of auto chief of staff Reince industry executives Priebus is playing a that his chief of starring role. staff might end Priebus, a genial up running a car Midwesterner with company someday. deep ties to the For laughs, Republican estab- Trump will some- lishment that Trump times recount a toppled, has faced tense exchange with questions about his Priebus at one of the future since the day campaign’s lowest he set foot in the Priebus moments: the White House. And release of a video in the focus on him is intensifying which Trump is heard making following Trump’s failure to predatory comments about get enough GOP lawmakers women. During an emergency to support a White House- campaign meeting, Priebus backed health care bill, an told Trump he should either embarrassing blow for the new drop out of the race or risk president. dragging down Republican There’s blame to spare candidates across the country. for the health care debacle at Steve Bannon, Trump’s both the White House and on senior adviser, said it’s not Capitol Hill. But Priebus is a Priebus’ grim — and ulti- particularly rich target, given mately inaccurate — warning that his value to Trump is that stuck with the president. tied to his relationships with It’s the fact that Priebus GOP lawmakers, many of showed up at all, given the whom were elected during intense pressure at the time for his six years as chairman Republican leaders to abandon of the Republican National the party’s nominee. Committee. “Reince had the courage to “Reince doesn’t have a get on a train in Washington, magic wand,” said Henry D.C., go to Penn Station, go Barbour, a friend and Repub- to Trump Tower and come to lican national committeeman. the meeting,” Bannon said. “He doesn’t have an ability “That’s courage.” to make people do what they Bannon, who was also don’t want to do — and he considered for the chief of staff doesn’t want to.” job, has grown unexpectedly Priebus’ standing in the close to Priebus and has White House has broad impli- distanced himself from the cations for Trump’s agenda. criticism by Breitbart News, Beyond Vice President Mike the far-right website Bannon Pence, he represents the ran before joining Trump’s president’s most direct link campaign. the traditional underpinnings “They’ve got their heroes, of the Republican Party and they’ve got their villains, is the buffer between the fiery it’s never going to change,” nationalists and the more Bannon said of Breitbart. He liberal New Yorkers who also vouched for Priebus’ populist occupy top White House jobs. credentials, saying, “When left Trump has voiced confi- to his own devices, he’s not dence in Priebus in recent really that establishment.” conversations with associates, Priebus inspires intense including after House Speaker loyalty among those who Paul Ryan pulled the health worked with him at the RNC, care bill off the floor Friday, several of whom followed him and White House officials to the White House, including say the two men appear have press secretary Sean Spicer. developed a comfortable They describe him as a work- relationship. horse who is determined to During the Republican unite the disparate factions of primary, Priebus, 45, often Trump advisers. By JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent CABLE In White House drama, Priebus is favorite target STATION back against what he says is Justice Department guidance on what Yates could say about conversations she had with Trump — conversations the department indicated could be covered by execu- tive privilege. “We believe that the Department’s position in this regard is overbroad, incor- rect, and inconsistent with the Department’s historical approach to the congres- sional testimony of current and former senior officials,” O’Neil wrote in a March 23 letter to Justice Department official Samuel Ramer. He also wrote that Yates’ testi- mony would cover details that others have publicly recounted. 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