Trump’s communications were collected as part of the surveillance, Nunes says. Adds that it looks like incidental collection.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
“I believe it was all done legally,” Nunes says of the surveillance involved here.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes: “I know there was incidental collection regarding the president-elect and his team.” Doesn’t know if surveillance was of phone calls.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes says the White House was not aware of this, which is why he’s going over to meet with them.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes: Surveillance collected “information on the P-E and his transition team and what they were doing.” Again says appears to be legal.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes says there were “dozens” of these IC reports containing the surveillance product.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes says material collected was “significant information” about Trump and the transition team.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes: “It has nothing to do with any criminal investigation. This is normal incidental collection” based on what he saw.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
As others including @amir_anasr noted, Nunes initially said Trump’s comms were directly collected but has since walked it back.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes on the White House: “They need to see it. If they don’t have it, they need to see it.”
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Reporter asks if Nunes feels that the IC was spying on Trump/team.
Nunes: “It all depends on one’s definition of spying.”— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017