According to several Democrats on the committee, Nunes also canceled two regular panel meetings this week, without giving them a reason. “In my three years here, I’ve never seen us have a full week without a hearing,” committee member Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) said. “We’ve made no progress since last Monday’s open hearing, and that is intentional.”A spokesman for Nunes said the “hot spots” meetings were never scheduled, and will resume next week. The effective freeze in the committee’s Russia investigation comes as Democrats are calling for Nunes, who was part of Trump’s transition team, to recuse himself from the probe. The aide said that the holdup for Nunes appears to be that he did not want Yates, in particular, to testify.

Source: Washington Post March 29, 2017 00:10 UTC