--- title: Paul Ryan Doesn't Think Devin Nunes Should Recuse Himself description: Republican House leader Paul Ryan said Tuesday that he doesn't think Nunes needs to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. canonical: https://time.com/4715096/paul-ryan-devin-nunes-russia-recuse/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-28T15:23:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:04:18.954Z article:section: Politics og:title: Paul Ryan Doesn't Think Devin Nunes Should Recuse Himself From Russia Investigation og:description: Republican House leader Paul Ryan said Tuesday that he doesn't think Nunes needs to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. og:url: https://time.com/4715096/paul-ryan-devin-nunes-russia-recuse/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb4f4c2e876e4d980/6988c025656a3fb0b4bcf4c0/paul-ryan5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Paul Ryan og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Paul Ryan Doesn't Think Devin Nunes Should Recuse Himself From Russia Investigation twitter:description: Republican House leader Paul Ryan said Tuesday that he doesn't think Nunes needs to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb4f4c2e876e4d980/6988c025656a3fb0b4bcf4c0/paul-ryan5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Paul Ryan Doesn't Think Devin Nunes Should Recuse Himself From Russia Investigation > Sponsored content. 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House Speaker Paul Ryan at the 2017 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., on March 27, 2017. Jose Luis Magana—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Mar 28, 2017 3:23 PM UTC Republican House leader Paul Ryan is standing by embattled Intelligence Committee head [Devin Nunes](http://time.com/4714860/devin-nunes-recuse-russia-probe/?xid=homepage), telling reporters Tuesday that he doesn’t think Nunes needs to recuse himself from the House’s Russia investigation. “No and no,” Ryan said succinctly when asked whether he thinks Nunes should recuse himself or whether he knows the source of Nunes’ information. Ryan’s response comes amid growing calls for Nunes to remove himself from his committee’s investigation, after it was revealed that Nunes had [held a meeting](http://time.com/4713943/devin-nunes-white-house-source-meeting/) on White House grounds with a source who told him that incidental surveillance captured communications involving President Trump’s associates. Democratic leaders in the Congress, including ranking Democratic member of the House Intelligence Committee [Adam Schiff](http://time.com/4714659/devin-nunes-adam-schiff-house-intelligence-commitee-russia-donald-trump/) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, have questioned Nunes’ independence and asked him to recuse himself from his committee’s probe into Russia. 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