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Devin Nunes flashes 'as many as 10' criminal referrals to Justice Department

House Intelligence Committee Republicans are nearly ready to send more criminal referrals to the Justice Department related to the Russia investigation.

After shipping eight referrals to Attorney General William Barr last spring, Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking member of the panel, told Fox Business on Thursday that they have gathered enough evidence for "at least another five, possibly as many as 10" recommendations for prosecution as three U.S. attorneys conduct reviews of various aspects of the Russia investigation.

The California Republican said he and his GOP colleagues want to "get it right," but they plan to send the referrals within the next "week to 10 days or so." What exactly will appear in those referrals remains unclear, but Nunes explained what his investigators are examining.

"We now are looking at the overall Gen. Flynn investigation and how that was conducted and the rest of the Mueller team," he said. "And then, of course, as new information has come to light from the information that was declassified by acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell, that information has also shown that there are other people who have lied or misled Congress or have, I think in some cases maybe, lied by omission, documents that were kept from Congress."

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/devin-nunes-flashes-as-many-as-10-criminal-referrals-to-justice-department

Colorado Democratic governor violated state's gift rules, ethics commission finds

He accepted a private jet trip, lavish meals

Former Colorado Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper violated his state's gift rules twice, the state's ethics commission has determined, declaring that the governor had accepted "special, privately financed treatment" during his tenure at the head of his state.

Hickenlooper, who was governor from 2011 to 2019, violated those rules when he rode a private plane to a Connecticut event and when he accepted luxury meals and other gifts during a conference in Italy.

The former governor, who is now running for the U.S. Senate, was subject to a three-hour hearing by the ethics panel this week over the violations. The commission dismissed four other complaints against the politician.

The ethics panel will meet next week to determine the size of the penalty Hickenlooper will have to pay. State guidelines stipulate that each violation should be repaid at twice the amount of its worth.

https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/colorado-democratic-governor-violated-states-gift-rules-ethics