The Republican Party is fairly soiling itself trying to decide whether the intervention of a foreign power in our presidential elections is something worth caring about or not. House Homeland Security Chairman Mike McCaul is of the opinion that this is indeed a big deal.
"Russia's recent hacks should be taken very seriously, and the United States must make it a top priority to investigate any outside interference aimed at undermining our democratic process," the Texas Republican said in a statement.
"These types of intrusions, whether from a nation-state or cyber criminals, must be met with a response that is forceful, public and decisive."
But the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is Rep. Devin Nunes, a member of Donald Trump's own transition team. And in the conflict between intelligence and Donald Trump, Nunes comes down on squarely on Donald Trump's side, dismissing the notion that other Republicans might want to do their own investigations.
Rep. Devin Nunes said Monday that further investigations would be redundant. [...]
"The House Intelligence Committee is conducting vigorous oversight of the investigations into election-related cyber attacks," he said in a statement. "At this time I do not see any benefit in opening further investigations, which would duplicate current committee oversight efforts and intelligence community inquiries."
For the record, there were eight different House and Senate inquiries into Something Something Benghazi. Trump transition team member Nunes is pretty sure this one doesn't require more than just the one he'll be heading, however.