A Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said Thursday that committee chairman Rep. Devin Nunes
Devin Gerald NunesSchumer: Nunes intent on undermining 'rule of law' with altered memo Schiff: Nunes gave Trump 'secretly altered' version of memo Former GOP rep rips Nunes over memo: He's chair of Trump's reelection campaign MORE (R-Calif.) should be off the panel "yesterday."
"Yesterday, yes," Rep. Eric Swalwell
Eric Michael SwalwellMSNBC analyst to Dem rep: Has Nunes been compromised by the Russians? The Hill's 12:30 Report The Hill's 12:30 Report MORE (D-Calif.) responded when asked by CNN's Wolf Blitzer if Nunes should be forced off the panel.
Swalwell joined House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro PelosiPence rips Pelosi for describing ,000 as 'crumbs' The Memo: Trump sticks to his guns on immigration agenda Manchin responds to Pence attacks: ‘This is why Washington sucks’ MORE (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer
Charles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerSchumer: Nunes intent on undermining 'rule of law' with altered memo Manchin responds to Pence attacks: ‘This is why Washington sucks’ What Trump didn't say in his State of the Union address MORE (D-N.Y.) in calling for Nunes to be removed from the Intelligence post over his push to release a memo alleging surveillance abuses at the Department of Justice.
Speaker Paul Ryan
Paul Davis RyanSchumer: Nunes intent on undermining 'rule of law' with altered memo Schiff: Nunes gave Trump 'secretly altered' version of memo Several lawmakers have seen intelligence behind Nunes memo MORE (R-Wis.) on Thursday pushed back against calls for him to remove Nunes from the panel, saying that the memo is not "an indictment on our institutions" and "does not impugn" the top investigator on the Russia probe.
Swalwell has claimed that Nunes has been disruptive of the investigation into Russian meddling, as GOP congressmen have hailed the memo as evidence that the FBI acted on political bias against Trump in their investigation into Russian meddling in the election.
"The Democrats don’t trust the Republicans anymore that they will do the right thing, and the leader is Nunes, only Speaker Ryan can remove him, and, again, as we sit here today, Speaker Ryan is endorsing everything that Nunes and the White House are doing," Swalwell said.