Tag: Rep. Schiff

Schiff: Trump doesn’t want to release Dem memo because it ‘undermines his claim of vindication’

The following article by Mallory Shelbourne was posted on the Hill website February 11, 2018:

Credit: John Shinkle/POLITICO

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday said President Trump doesn’t want the public to see the “underlying facts” in the Democratic countermemo because they would undercut his “claim of vindication” in the Russia probe.

“The president doesn’t want you to see these facts from the FISA application because it completely undermines his claim of vindication,” Schiff told CBS’s “Face the Nation,” referring to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court application used to obtain a warrant to spy on a former Trump campaign aide. Continue reading “Schiff: Trump doesn’t want to release Dem memo because it ‘undermines his claim of vindication’”

Adam Schiff Brandishes the Other T Word: Timeout

The following article by Lindsey McPherson was posted on the Roll Call website February 5, 2018:

House Intelligence Committee top Democrat returns fire at Trump

From left, Rep. Swalwell, D-CA., ranking member Rep. Schiff, D-CA, and Rep. Castro, D-TX. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call

House Intelligence ranking member Adam Schiff responded to President Donald Trump’s Twitter criticism of him Monday by calling for the commander-in-chief to be reprimanded like a child.

“It may be time for General Kelly to give the president a timeout,” the California Democrat said in an interview with CNN, referring to Trump’s chief of staff John Kelly. “I think the country would certainly benefit from that anyway.”

Trump attacked Schiff on Twitter Monday morning, calling him “one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington” and saying he needs to be stopped. Continue reading “Adam Schiff Brandishes the Other T Word: Timeout”

Rep. Adam Schiff, leading Democrat in Russia probe, gets a new Trump nickname

The following article by Noah Bierman was posted on the Los Angeles Times website February 5, 2018:

President Trump flashed anger at one of his leading antagonists in the Russia probe, mocking Rep. Adam Schiff’s personal appearance and accusing him without evidence of illegally leaking “confidential information.”
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Schiff: No, the memo doesn’t vindicate Trump

The following article by Brent D. Griffiths was posted on the Politico website February 4, 2018:

“Sources are going to dry up because of what the Republicans on the committee are doing now,” said Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) of fallout from the Nunes memo. Credit: John Shinkle/POLITICO

House Intelligence Committee ranking member Adam Schiff said Sunday that the Republican memo about alleged FBI misconduct does not vindicate President Donald Trump.

“Of course not at all,” Schiff (D-Calif.) told George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week.”

“What the memo indicates is the investigation didn’t begin with Carter Page, it actually began with George Papadopoulos, someone who was a foreign policy adviser for candidate Trump and someone who was meeting secretly with the Russians and talking about the stolen Clinton e-mails,” Schiff said. Continue reading “Schiff: No, the memo doesn’t vindicate Trump”

Rep. Nunes’s memo crosses a dangerous line

The following commentary by Adam B. Schiff was posted on the Washington Post website January 31, 2018:

Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) says the House Intelligence Committee vote to release documents alleging abuse in the FBI’s Russia probe marks a “very sad day.” (The Washington Post)

Adam B. Schiff, ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, represents California’s 28th District.

Even during the most difficult of times, when Congress had seemingly lost the capacity to govern and partisan storms raged across Capitol Hill, the intelligence committees remained largely insulated from the nation’s increasingly self-destructive politics.

No more. Continue reading “Rep. Nunes’s memo crosses a dangerous line”

F.B.I. Texts and Dueling Memos Escalate Fight Over Russia Inquiry

The following article by Charlie Savage, Nicholas Fandos and Adam Goldman was posted on the New York Times website January 24, 2018:

Representative Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, said his party would move to make its memo available to the House on the same terms as the Republican memo. Credit J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department warned the House Intelligence Committee chairman on Wednesday that it was “extraordinarily reckless” for Republicans to push to release a committee memo that draws on classified information to portray the origins of the Russian investigation as scandalous.

In a letter to Representative Devin Nunes of California, the Republican chairman of the committee, Stephen E. Boyd, an assistant attorney general, stressed that the committee had refused to show the memo to the F.B.I.

“We do not understand why the committee would possibly seek to disclose classified and law enforcement sensitive information without first consulting with the relevant members of the intelligence community,” Mr. Boyd wrote. Continue reading “F.B.I. Texts and Dueling Memos Escalate Fight Over Russia Inquiry”

Top Democrats warn of ‘ongoing attack by the Russian government’ amid push to publish classified memo

The following article by Karoun Demirjian, Josh Dawsey and Craig Timberg was posted on the Washington Post website January 23, 2018:

People walk on Red Square past the Kremlin in December. (Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images)

Top Democrats on Tuesday called on Facebook and Twitter to investigate what lawmakers said are Russian efforts to promote the release of a classified Republican memo criticizing the FBI probe of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 campaign.

Hashtags such as “#ReleaseTheMemo” have been trending on Twitter in recent days, and accounts affiliated with Russian influence efforts have been supporting this campaign, according to the Alliance for Securing Democracy, a U.S.-based group that examines efforts by Russia and other nations to interfere in democratic institutions. Continue reading “Top Democrats warn of ‘ongoing attack by the Russian government’ amid push to publish classified memo”

House Intelligence Panel Is Rushing to Complete Russia Probe

The following article by Nicholas Fandos was posted on the Washington Post website December 15, 2017:

Representative Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said he had a list of at least two dozen witnesses whom Republicans have been unwilling to call in their investigation. Credit Mark Wilson/Getty Images

WASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee is racing to complete its investigation of Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, scheduling a host of witness interviews here and in New York for next week as Congress heads for its break, and, Democrats said, leaving other leads unfollowed.

Some of the most important witnesses are to be interviewed in New York by committee staff early next week, possibly leaving Democrats to choose between attending those depositions or voting on the massive tax bill coming before the House. Continue reading “House Intelligence Panel Is Rushing to Complete Russia Probe”