An American Republican politician is named for Devin Nunes. Moreover, he is also a former dairy farmer. Since 2003, he served as the U.S. Representative for California's 22nd congressional district and he was also the chair of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence until 3rd January 2019. Moreover, he was a member of President Trump's transition team. His attacks on the FBI and the investigation by independent counsel Robert Mueller have created concerns among Democrats and some Republicans about Republican efforts to halt the investigation and to protect Trump from any allegations against him. Nunes in March filed a lawsuit in Virginia against Twitter, a Republican political strategist and two anonymous writers behind social media accounts known as Devin Nunes’ Cow and Devin Nunes’ Mom alleging they conspired to defame him during Nunes’ 2018 re-election campaign. His letter to Janz focuses on the anonymous account known as Devin Nunes’ Cow, which has almost 630,000 followers and frequently publishes appeals to support Nunes’ political opponents. Prior to Nunes’ lawsuit, it had about 1,000 followers. GOP considering replacing Devin Nunes with Jim Jordan on Intel Committee
Famous For
- Being the chairman of the US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
- For battling environmentalists over water rights.
Devin Nunes: Bio, Early Life, Education, Parents, Birthday, Age
On 1st October 1973, Devin Nunes was as Devin Gerald Nunes. His birthplace is in Tulare, California, in the United States. He belongs to American nationality and his ethnicity is White. He holds Portuguese descent. He is the older of two sons born to Antonio L. "Anthony" Nunes, Jr. and Toni Diane Nunes, his parents. He also has one brother named Anthony III. He grew up on a family far in Tulare County that was operated by his family for three generations. Discussing his education, he attended Tulare Union High School and College of the Sequoias for high school education. He also achieved a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business also he has completed a master’s degree in agriculture. As of 2019, he celebrated his 46th birthday with his friends and families.
Devin Nunes: Height, Weight, Body Stats
Being at the age of forty-six, Devin Nunes looks very handsome with a cool style. His charming smile and glowing face attract a lot of people towards him. He has got a great personality along with a great height. He stands a height of six feet one inch but there is no information regarding his weight and other body measurements but it will add soon. He has a pair of brown eyes with black hair color. He used to wear a shoe size of 11 (US). He maintains his body a lot by doing frequent workouts and exercises.
Devin Nunes: Career (Beginning-Present)
- In the year 2009, Devin wrote in The Wall Street Journal that he became an entrepreneur at age 14 when he bought seven head of young cattle, learning quickly how to profit from his investment.
- He was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as California State Director for the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development section in the year 2001.
- He ran for the Republican nomination in the 21st congressional district in the year 2002.
- He was re-elected seven times against only nominal Democratic opposition until 2018 when he faced a serious opponent and won his ninth election by 5%.
- He then ran unopposed in the 2010 general election.
- His district was renumbered the 22nd after the 2010 census.
- He was reelected with 62% of the vote in 2012, 72% in the year 2014, 68% in 2016, and 53% in the year 2018.
- He received approximately $1.4 million in political action committee (PAC) contributions during the 2014 election cycle and he received approximately $1.6 million in campaign contributions from PACs during the 2016 election cycle.
- He faced Democratic nominee Andrew Janz in the year 2018 where he defeated Janz with 53% of the vote to Janz's 47%.
- He became the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the year 2015.
- He is a co-chair of the U.S.-Mexico Friendship Caucus.
- He is a member of the House Baltic Caucus and the U.S.-Japan Caucus.
- Steve Bannon has described Nunes as Trump's second-strongest ally in Congress.
Moreover,
- He introduced H.R. 5899 which would have accelerated the exploration and production of fossil fuel, supported the rapid development of market-based alternative energy supplies, and expanded the number of nuclear reactors from 104 to 300 over the next 30 years.
- He wrote in his book that members of the environmental lobby were "followers of neo-Marxist, socialist, Maoist or Communist ideals".
- He co-sponsored H.R. 4529, Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2010, the Republican Party's budget proposal on 27th January 2010.
- He introduced the American Business Competitiveness Act (H.R. 4377) in the year 2016.
- He voted in support of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
- He co-authored the "Patients' Choice Act" with Paul Ryan (R-WI) in the House, and Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Richard Burr (R-NC) in the Senate in the year 2009.
- He supported President Trump's 2017 executive order imposing a temporary ban on entry into the United States by citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries.
- He oversaw the Republican-controlled committee's two-year-long investigation into the U.S. response to the 2012 Benghazi attack as House Intelligence Committee chairman.
- Congress passed a bill Nunes supported, which extends Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) until 2023, and President Trump signed it into law that month in January 2019.
- He clashed with the Pentagon over a U.S. base in the Azores, Portugal, where his ancestors stem from in the year 2015.
- He held a press conference to announce that he had received information that communications of members of Trump's transition team had been "incidentally collected" by the intelligence community on 22nd March 2017.
- He traveled to London in an attempt to meet with the heads of MI5, MI6, and GCHQ for information about Steele in August 2018, but was rebuffed by the three agencies.
Lawsuits
- He filed a defamation lawsuit against Twitter, Liz Mair, Mair Strategies LLC, and the Twitter accounts "Devin Nunes' Mom" (@DevinNunesMom) and "Devin Nunes' Cow" (@DevinCow), seeking $250 million in damages on 18th March 2019.
- He filed a separate $150 million defamation lawsuit against the McClatchy Company and others in April 2019.
- He sued political journalist Ryan Lizza and Hearst Magazines, the publisher of Esquire, alleging that a 2018 Esquire story had damaged his reputation in September 2019.
- Lizza wrote that Nunes's family "secretly" moved its dairy operation from California to Iowa in the year 2007.
- He also sued the liberal nonprofit Campaign for Accountability (CfA) and the opposition research firm Fusion GPS in September 2019.
- CfA filed three ethics complaints against Nunes in the year 2018.
- In the lawsuit he alleged that CfA and Fusion GPS had conspired to hinder his investigation into the dossier, citing a $138,684 payment from CfA to Fusion GPS.
- Later, CfA said it did not hire Fusion GPS to investigate Nunes.
Devin Nunes: Marital Status, Wife, Children
Talking about the marital status of Devin Nunes, he is a married person. He married his long-term girlfriend turned wife, Elizabeth Nunes, in the year 2003 after dating several years. The couple is also the proud parent of three daughters named Julia Nunes, Evelyn Nunes, and Margaret Nunes. At present, the couple is living a happy life without any disturbances. They both respects as well as support each other. Moreover, couples have happily spent many years together and their bond is getting stronger and stronger. His sexual orientation is straight and he is not gay.
Devin Nunes: Net worth, Salary, Earning
Devin Nunes is a successful politician and he is earning a cool amount of money from his career. His major source of earning is from his politician career and he is satisfied with whatever he is receiving at present. The net worth of Devin Nunes is estimated to have around $158,001 as of 2015 and 2016 but as of 2019, he has not yet disclosed his current net worth and salary. He has also invested in many sectors like Financial, real estate, business, and agribusiness. In 2014 elections, he got $1.4 million in political action committee (PAC) contribution and in 2016 he received $1.6 million in a campaign contribution. There is no information regarding his cars. At present, he is living a luxurious lifestyle from his earnings.
