A high-ranking House Democrat has said it's “quite likely” representative Devin Nunes will face an ethics investigation over allegations that he met with an ex-Ukrainian official to obtain information about former vice president Joe Biden and his son. Representative Adam Smith of Washington, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, appeared on MSNBC where he was asked whether Mr Nunes could face a house inquiry. “Quite likely, without question,” Mr Smith said. The allegation that Mr Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, met with a former Ukrainian prosecutor last year to discuss the Bidens came from the attorney for Lev Parnas, one of two Soviet-born associates of Rudy Giuliani who were indicted on charges they broke campaign finance law. Mr Parnas' attorney, Joseph Bondy, told The Washington Post that Ukraine's former top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, informed Mr Parnas that he had met with Mr Nunes in Vienna in December 2018. Mr Bondy also said that a top aide to Mr Nunes, Derek Harvey, sometimes joined a group that met frequently in spring 2019 at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, District of Columbia, to discuss the Biden matter among other topics. The group, according to Mr Bondy, was convened by Mr Giuliani, Donald Trump's personal attorney, and included Mr Parnas, his business associate Igor Fruman, as well as journalist John Solomon and the married legal team of Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing. The information about Mr Nunes' meeting with Mr Shokin and Mr Harvey's meetings with Mr Giuliani were first reported by CNN on Friday. Mr Nunes declined to comment. He did, however, strongly push back on the story to the conservative outlet Breitbart News and threatened to sue CNN for reporting it. He also threatened to sue the Daily Beast for a story linking him and Mr Parnas. “These demonstrably false and scandalous stories published by the Daily Beast and CNN are the perfect example of defamation and reckless disregard for the truth,” Mr Nunes said, according to Breitbart. “I look forward to prosecuting these cases, including the media outlets, as well as the sources of their fake stories, to the fullest extent of the law.” An individual close to Mr Shokin also denied the story. “This meeting never took place. Viktor Shokin doesn't know and hasn't even heard of this person,” said the individual, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak freely, referring to Mr Nunes. Mr Giuliani, appearing on Fox News on Saturday, also said he didn't believe that Mr Nunes met with Mr Shokin. “Devin Nunes says he didn't meet with Shokin. I have no reason to believe that he did,” Mr Giuliani said, adding, “If he did, there would've been nothing wrong with it.” The allegation about Mr Nunes comes as the house moves swiftly in its impeachment investigation of Mr Trump. The inquiry, triggered by a whistleblower's complaint, focuses on Mr Trump's pressure campaign to get Uk
A high-ranking House Democrat has said it's “quite likely” representative Devin Nunes will face an ethics investigation over allegations that he met with an ex-Ukrainian official to obtain information about former vice president Joe Biden and his son. Representative Adam Smith of Washington, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, appeared on MSNBC where he was asked whether Mr Nunes could face a house inquiry. “Quite likely, without question,” Mr Smith said. The allegation that Mr Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, met with a former Ukrainian prosecutor last year to discuss the Bidens came from the attorney for Lev Parnas, one of two Soviet-born associates of Rudy Giuliani who were indicted on charges they broke campaign finance law. Mr Parnas' attorney, Joseph Bondy, told The Washington Post that Ukraine's former top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, informed Mr Parnas that he had met with Mr Nunes in Vienna in December 2018. Mr Bondy also said that a top aide to Mr Nunes, Derek Harvey, sometimes joined a group that met frequently in spring 2019 at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, District of Columbia, to discuss the Biden matter among other topics. The group, according to Mr Bondy, was convened by Mr Giuliani, Donald Trump's personal attorney, and included Mr Parnas, his business associate Igor Fruman, as well as journalist John Solomon and the married legal team of Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing. The information about Mr Nunes' meeting with Mr Shokin and Mr Harvey's meetings with Mr Giuliani were first reported by CNN on Friday. Mr Nunes declined to comment. He did, however, strongly push back on the story to the conservative outlet Breitbart News and threatened to sue CNN for reporting it. He also threatened to sue the Daily Beast for a story linking him and Mr Parnas. “These demonstrably false and scandalous stories published by the Daily Beast and CNN are the perfect example of defamation and reckless disregard for the truth,” Mr Nunes said, according to Breitbart. “I look forward to prosecuting these cases, including the media outlets, as well as the sources of their fake stories, to the fullest extent of the law.” An individual close to Mr Shokin also denied the story. “This meeting never took place. Viktor Shokin doesn't know and hasn't even heard of this person,” said the individual, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak freely, referring to Mr Nunes. Mr Giuliani, appearing on Fox News on Saturday, also said he didn't believe that Mr Nunes met with Mr Shokin. “Devin Nunes says he didn't meet with Shokin. I have no reason to believe that he did,” Mr Giuliani said, adding, “If he did, there would've been nothing wrong with it.” The allegation about Mr Nunes comes as the house moves swiftly in its impeachment investigation of Mr Trump. The inquiry, triggered by a whistleblower's complaint, focuses on Mr Trump's pressure campaign to get Uk
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