--- title: Watch Colbert on Devin Nunes White House Visit VIDEO description: Stephen Colbert took some time to give Late Show viewers a rundown of House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes' conflicts of interest. canonical: https://time.com/4716363/colbert-on-devin-nunes/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-29T15:25:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T08:26:24.435Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Breaks Down Devin Nunes With Cheeky Diagram og:description: "He’s really in Trump’s inner circle" og:url: https://time.com/4716363/colbert-on-devin-nunes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e36d7a3e3f609e6/6988c05af887dc89fce999e7/screen-shot-2017-03-29-at-10-43-01-am.png?branch=production&width=1129&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1129 og:image:height: 635 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2017-03-29 at 10.43.01 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Breaks Down Devin Nunes With Cheeky Diagram twitter:description: "He’s really in Trump’s inner circle" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e36d7a3e3f609e6/6988c05af887dc89fce999e7/screen-shot-2017-03-29-at-10-43-01-am.png?branch=production&width=1129&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'He’s Really in Trump’s Inner Circle.' 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He dismissed the lawmakers' comments as "a lot of politics."_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 29, 2017 3:25 PM UTC Nunes asked reporters, "Why would I?" when they asked whether he was stepping down. He dismissed the lawmakers' comments as "a lot of politics."  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 29, 2017 3:25 PM UTC In the wake of confirmation that [House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes](http://time.com/4715399/devin-nunes-russia-investigation-house-intelligence-committee/) went to White House grounds to meet with the [unnamed source](http://time.com/4713943/devin-nunes-white-house-source-meeting/) behind his claim that Trump associates were caught up in [“incidental” surveillance](http://time.com/4714523/devin-nunes-white-house-donald-trump-russia-chuck-schumer/), Stephen Colbert took some time to give _Late Show_ viewers a rundown of Nunes’ “conflicts of interest.” During Tuesday’s episode, the host used a chalkboard diagram to illustrate his take on how the push and pull between Nunes’ loyalties to the Intelligence Committee and the Trump transition team may have affected his investigations of both the president’s wiretapping claims and his campaign’s potential [ties to Russia](http://time.com/4433880/donald-trump-ties-to-russia/). Of course, Colbert couldn’t resist using the chart to crack a few jokes as well. Watch the full clip below. ## Transcript Are you gonna stay as chairman and run this investigation? Well why would I not? You guys need to go ask them why these things are being said. Can this investigation continue with you as chairman? Why would it not? Aren't I briefing you guys continuously? [ CROSSTALK ] and keeping you up to speed? They're saying that it cannot run with you as chairman. You gotta go talk to them, that sounds like their problem. My colleagues are perfectly fine. I mean, they know we're doing an investigation and that will continue. We're doing a very thorough job on this investigation. 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