washington republican head u.s. house representatives intelligence committee apologize thursday way handle sensitive allegations u.s. spy agency surveillance president donald trump team representative devin nunes criticize colleagues wednesday call news conference announce communications members team run trump transition presidency sweep incidental surveillance target foreigners democrats upset nunes make comment media brief trump white house without inform question whether intelligence panel could run credible investigation republican intelligence committee aide say thursday nunes apologize democrats panel yes apologize minority committee today go public white house announcement yesterday share information minority pledge work issue share information aide tell reuters panel conduct one main congressional investigations allegations u.s. intelligence agencies russia seek influence 2016 presidential election include claim tie trump team moscow russia deny allegations representative jackie speier democrat panel say nunes apologize generic way ask nunes know whether trump associate party communications could communications two foreigners talk trump associate nunes spokesman say nunes say get document request ic intelligence community know sure hear committee monday fbi director jam comey confirm existence investigation first time top democrat house nancy pelosi thursday describe nunes will stooge trump commit stunt white house comment necessity independent investigation increasingly recognize say refer probe involve russia white house wednesday seize nunes remark cite anonymous source bolster trump unproven assertion twitter month president barack obama wiretapped election campaign headquarter manhattan trump tower nunes say information support trump allegation also say none surveillance know relate russia democrats say nunes may reveal classify information comment reporters congressman spokesman say nunes member trump transition team seem contrite thursday time manner statement lot go yesterday judgment call part end day sometimes make right decisions sometimes make wrong ones get stick decisions make tell reporters intelligence committee regular classify meet another democrat committee representative eric swalwell tell msnbc members yet see material refer nunes house committee investigate whether russia hack email senior democrats release embarrass information hurt campaign democratic candidate hillary clinton interfere election benefit trump republican nunes apologize handle trump surveillance claim