Schiff: I have ‘grave concerns’ over Nunes’s surveillance claim

The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said Wednesday that he has “grave concerns” over Chairman Devin Nunes’s (R-Calif.) handling of the Trump Tower wiretapping investigation.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) criticized Nunes for his surprise announcement earlier in the day that he had seen intelligence intercepts that showed authorities had incidentally gathered information on members of the Trump transition team during investigations that the chairman said were not related to Russia.

Nunes made the announcement at a press conference, saying the information had been “widely disseminated” in an implicit criticism of intelligence community officials. 

He then briefed the White House about his findings and appeared on CNN — without talking to Schiff, who knocked the chairman for not sharing the information. 

“If accurate, this information should have been shared with members of the committee, but it has not been,” Schiff said in a statement that criticized Nunes for a “profound irregularity” in how he had handled the situation.

{mosads}”The Chairman also shared this information with the White House before providing it to the committee, another profound irregularity, given that the matter is currently under investigation. I have expressed my grave concerns with the Chairman that a credible investigation cannot be conducted this way,” he said.