House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) called out the president and his son (Donald Trump Jr.) which is certain to set off a brand new presidential fit.
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House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) called out the president and his son (Donald Trump Jr.) which is certain to set off a brand new presidential fit. https://t.co/iyE0I9J4zV #StateOfTheUnion #Russia pic.twitter.com/woiYZyRnIS
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Schiff responded to Trump calling him a bad guy who leaks by saying on CNN’s State Of The Union, “Well, proud to be one of the bad hombres, I guess. What the President is referring to, what really aggravated him, is when his son came to testify before our committee, I asked him about conversations he had with the President, when the President was on that aircraft and they concocted that false statement about that meeting in Trump Tower with the Russians. And he refused to answer the questions, claiming attorney-client privilege, which clearly doesn’t apply to a situation where neither he nor his father are attorney nor client. Our position is, and the Republicans have adopted it as well, if witnesses refuse to answer questions and make bogus claims of privilege, as he did, as Steve Bannon did, we call them out on it. Well, the President doesn’t like that. But that’s not a leak, that’s a fact, and it didn’t disclose testimony he gave, it disclosed a privilege he asserted that doesn’t apply. So, I’m not surprised the President doesn’t like it. I’m not surprised frankly that the White House tried to bury this memo response as long as they could, but it’s important for the public to see the facts that the FBI acted appropriately in seeking a warrant on Carter Page, they’re not part of some ‘deep state’ as apparently, the President would like the public to believe.”
Trump got in way over his head when he attacked Adam Schiff
Trump is trying to discredit Schiff because he is preparing for the California Congressman to be in charge of the Russia investigation if Democrats win control of the House. Trump is doing his usual shoot the investigator routine, and Rep. Schiff is right. Trump is upset because he asked Don Jr. about that infamous memo drafted by Trump on Air Force One that was a lie about the Trump campaign meeting with the Russians in Trump Tower.
A new round of angry tweets attacking Schiff should be expected because all Trump has is a loud Twitter bark with no bite, and he picked a fight with the wrong guy when he chose to attack Adam Schiff.
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Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and The American Political Science Association
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