Very quickly, my colleagues have made repeated reference to some secret proceedings in some secret star chamber. This is apparently what they call depositions. I remind my colleagues that, when they were in the majority, they conducted depositions, but they were different in this respect: In the depositions we conducted in the Intelligence Committee, over 100 Members were able to participate. That is how secret they were. We revealed all of the transcripts of those depositions. The repetition of this falsehood does not make it true; it only makes the falsehood that much more deliberate. I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Amash).
Adam Schiff: “Very quickly, my colleagues have made repeated reference to some secret proceedings in some secret star chamber. This is…”
On the recordDecember 18, 2019
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