“We can’t have McCarthyism back in this place,” Mr. Nunes said at a news conference on Capitol Hill, referring to the congressional investigations in the 1950s into whether Americans were Communist spies. The Times report focused on contacts between Russian intelligence officials and Trump associates and campaign aides. The statement from Mr. Issa was notable, as he is a hard-line Republican who was one of President Obama’s biggest critics. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyOn Monday, Mr. Issa again called for an independent review. “The American people need a cleareyed view of the nefarious actions of the Russian government,” Mr. Issa said.

Source: New York Times February 28, 2017 01:52 UTC