White House defends GOP lawmaker`s decision to brief Trump on intercepts
(WorldNews Politics)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House on Thursday defended the House intelligence committee chairman`s extraordinary decision to openly discuss and brief President Donald Trump on typically secret intelligence intercepts, even as Rep. Devin Nunes privately apologized to his congressional colleagues. The decision to disclose the information before talking to committee members outraged Democrats and raised questions about the independence of the panel`s probe of Russian interference in the election. `It was a judgment call on my part,` Nunes told reporters shortly after the closed-door committee meeting. `Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the wrong decision.` Frustrated...