The Trump White House became involved in Ukrainian affairs to investigate a smear campaign from Democrats against the president, but the fact-finding mission was twisted and used as an excuse for impeachment, House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said in an interview airing Sunday. Nunes appeared on "Life, Liberty & Levin" to discuss the House's impeachment inquiry into Trump, and said Democrats paid Fusion GPS to dig up dirt on the president through Ukrainian sources, helping spawn the probe from former Special Counsel Robert Mueller. "What's just amazing is, the Democrats continue to say, 'oh, this is some kind of conspiracy theory'... It would be a dereliction of Rudy Giuliani's responsibilities as the personal attorney to the president [not to do so]," Nunes said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"You had so many problems in Ukraine," Nunes said earlier in the segment.

Source: Fox News November 17, 2019 23:15 UTC