Devin Stood Alone from the Very Start

Devin Nunes just sat down for an interview with Lara Trump, and it’s a reminder that he is the real hero of Russiagate. While nearly all his colleagues postured about being deeply concerned over Trump–Russia collusion and called for special counsels, Devin stood alone from the…

— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) August 24, 2025

… very start, pushing back against the narrative when it was most dangerous to do so. If this story has a hero, it’s him and him alone. The fact that he remains so humble about it only makes him all the more deserving of the title.

At the same time, it’s exasperating to watch people crown themselves as the ones who led the charge. The truth is that aside from Devin’s leadership, the unraveling of Russiagate was a massive group effort. Uniquely in the history of journalism, dozens, if not hundreds, of researchers, writers, and citizen investigators chipped away at it, even as they were smeared by the legacy media whose job should have been to do the digging.