VISALIA, Calif.—Devin Nunes had recently graduated from the tiny College of the Sequoias when he won his first election, defeating a popular incumbent on the college’s board of trustees. That election marked the start of a political rise by the young Republican from dairy farmer to chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, which has been front and center in a tense political battle over how to deal with Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 29, 2018 09:22 UTC