Here’s an account of a late afternoon tweet storm outlining what GOP strategist Rick Wilson predicts will be the direction of things to come in the White House-Devin Nunez story.
In an aptly named story, ‘Strap in tight’: GOP strategists Rick Wilson Connects the dots on the latest Devin Nunes bombshell,” Brad Reed responds to the New York Times article that "Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) received intelligence of possible surveillance of Trump administration officials from two people within the Trump administration” by suggesting "more explosive revelations are still to come."
It not clear how much of GOP strategist, Rick Wilson’s tweet storm is speculation, or based on sources, but here is his take:
GOP strategist Rick Wilson wrote a tweet storm on Thursday afternoon that connected the dots that link Nunes, White House officials Michael Ellis and Ezra Cohen-Watnick, White House political strategist Steve Bannon, and disgraced former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn.
“Two White House operatives — possibly improperly — accessed classified to pass it to Nunes as part of a political pushback operation,” Wilson began. “Who ordered it? Who asked for them to do so? If you think two lower-level guys took it upon themselves to make this play, I’ve got a Nigerian prince with $30 million dollars for you. Who is running the WH pushback operation on Trump’s Russia scandal? It rhymes with Beeve Stannon.”
Wilson explained that Cohen-Watnik was about to be fired by National Security Advisor McMaster but that
However, Wilson noted that both Bannon and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner both personally pushed back on McMaster’s desire to fire Cohen-Watnick because he is “helping run the pushback operation on Russia with Nunes.”
We should note that the only evidence Wilson offers to connect Cohen-Watnick and Mike Flynn is that Flynn hired him, and presumably still has an "open channe! To him.
Previously, RawStory reported that "Two White House officials were involved with the hand over of intelligence information to House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), according to a bombshell report in the New York Times.
Now, the Times says that another White House staffer, a former deputy to disgraced National Security Adviser Mike Flynn named Ezra Cohen-Watnick was also involved with getting the information to Nunes.
“Mr. Cohen-Watnick is a former Defense Intelligence Agency official who was originally brought to the White House by Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser,” the report said..
Earlier, on our own front page Mark Summers Reported that:
The two sources turn out to be Michael Ellis, a lawyer in the White House Counsel’s office who used to work with Nunes at the House Intelligence Committee, and Ezra Cohen-Watnick, who is the Senior Director for Intelligence at the National Security Council.
CNN is now reporting that the White House is inviting Democrats and Republican chairs and ranking members from the House Intelligence Committee to view the classified materials the NSC has come across related to their investigations.
Rep Schiff asked is this is an attempt by the White House to “launder” information through the intelligence committees to disquise sources.
Drip, drip, drip.
Or perhaps Rick Wilson’s conclusion is more apt, “Strap in tight, It’s going to be a rough landing.”
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