"If we're really going to get to the bottom of these things, it's got to be done in a bipartisan fashion," John McCain said. | Getty McCain: Nunes 'killed' bipartisan Russia investigation

Sen. John McCain blamed House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes on Sunday for destroying the bipartisan nature of the committee's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Nunes (R-Calif.) has been under fire for briefing President Donald Trump on secret information he received from White House officials before informing members of the committee. McCain, who has previously called on Nunes to disclose his sources, called the whole episode "bizarre" on ABC's "This Week."


"If we're really going to get to the bottom of these things, it's got to be done in a bipartisan fashion," McCain said. "And as far as I could tell, Congressman Nunes killed that."

The Arizona Republican also praised the Senate Intelligence Committee's separate investigation, led by Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.).

"The fact is that these committees — especially intelligence committees and armed services committees — we work closely together as Republicans and Democrats," McCain said. "We have to. It's for the good of the security of the nation and the men and women who serve us."



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