House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) last week. But did the White House assist on the document that Trump believes grants him such absolution? House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) was asked Tuesday morning whether the White House played any role in crafting the memo, and he blew off the question. The White House has offered a similar "as far as I know" denial, with spokesman Raj Shah telling CNN on Monday: "All I can say is that the first time anybody at the White House saw the memo was on Monday when it was delivered to the White House. Nunes returned to the White House the next day — bypassing colleagues on the House committee — supposedly to brief Trump on what he had learned.

Source: Washington Post February 06, 2018 17:21 UTC