Rep. Devin Nunes, the Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, just spoke with reporters and confirmed that any Trump communications intercepted during the transition was done so legally via FISA.

Jamie Dupree explains below:

Nunes tells reporters he believes there was possibly incidental collection of Trump's communications during transition — Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) March 22, 2017

Nunes: The information that I have seen re: Trump has nothing to do with the Russia investigation — Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) March 22, 2017

Nunes on incidental collection of Trump communications: "It looks to me like it was all legally collected" — Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) March 22, 2017

Nunes says the info was brought to him by a source; he briefed Speaker Ryan this morning. Going to White House — Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) March 22, 2017

Nunes says Trump communications were caught in "normal incidental collection…normal foreign surveillance" — Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) March 22, 2017

So then the question would be – who was Trump talking to during the transition that led to incidental collection — Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) March 22, 2017







Here’s the kicker:

Nunes says the Trump "incidental collection" was all legally collected under FISA — Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) March 22, 2017

Nunes won't say who brought it to him, but "there is no question, it is official IC information" — Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) March 22, 2017

Nunes says he is going to the White House in a few minutes to brief the President on the details — Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) March 22, 2017

Nunes said the info was all legally collected, so then all the info came from foreign intelligence surveillance — Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) March 22, 2017

Nunes: "None of this surveillance was related to Russia or the investigation of Russian activities or of the Trump team" — Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) March 22, 2017

Here’s CNN’s take on it:

JUST IN: Devin Nunes says President Trump's personal communications may have been picked up by investigators through "incidental collection" — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 22, 2017

NUNES first said "yes" when I asked him if TRUMP's communications were picked up "incidentally." Then he walked back, saying it's "possible" — Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 22, 2017

So it sounds like Trump wasn’t wiretapped himself, but his communications were picked up via foreign surveillance. So I’m sure all we’re going to here from this point is about Trump apologizing.

I doubt we’ll be hearing much concern about the leaks of this information though, especially considering the news media loves these leaks.