Intel board chairman wants security clearances revoked, spies fired over Russiagate and other abuses

The chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board says he believes crimes were committed by intelligence and law enforcement officials who relentlessly pursued President Donald Trump over the last decade, and he also wants to make sure that spies who abused their powers are stripped of their security clearances and their jobs.

"Look, it's really simple. There's lots of criminals here, and it was a grand conspiracy," former House Intelligence Committee Chairman and current PIAB chief Devin Nunes told Just the News.

"Remember, we made, I don't know, a dozen criminal referrals when I was chairman of the House Intelligence Committee," he added during an exclusive interview on the Just the News, No Noise television show Thursday night.

Nunes said whether people are prosecuted now will depend on whether the statute of limitations for crimes have expired, or whether those deadlines get extended by the pursuit of a conspiracy case. He said he's comfortable leaving those decisions to FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi.

The former Republican lawmaker from California said he's focused in his role as the head of the civilian oversight board for U.S. intelligence  on making sure that intelligence officers face discipline and consequences, regardless of whether they are prosecuted eventually.

"I just continue to be fascinated by the people who are still carrying a security clearance. It's amazing who are still in these agencies," Nunes said. "And I'm just shaking my head like every time I turn around, like, wait, wait, wait, wasn't that person in that position a Russia hoax person.

"All of those people need to get their security clearances pulled, and they should not be working anywhere near law enforcement or intelligence for that matter," he added. "So it's one of the things that our board is tasked with."