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Adam Schiff

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Adam Bennett Schiff is an American lawyer and politician currently serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district, a position he has held since January 3, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff has played a significant role in various legislative efforts and is known for his work on national security and intelligence issues. He served as the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, where he was involved in high-profile investigations and oversight of intelligence agencies.

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Jun 29, 2022

And he ought to show just a small portion of the courage that Cassidy Hutchinson displayed. He needs to come out of hiding. He needs to do his patriotic duty.

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Jun 29, 2022

His knowledge of the propensity for violence that day, his knowledge that the president and others may be breaking the law that day, I think is very important.

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Jun 29, 2022

I have great confidence in Cassidy Hutchinson as a very, very credible, reliable witness.

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Jun 25, 2022

I concur with what Judge Carter out in California said, that there's sufficient evidence to believe the former president violated multiple federal laws.

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Jun 25, 2022

Just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republicans.

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Jun 25, 2022

I think we continue to see powerful evidence of that.

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Jun 25, 2022

The president understood that all the Justice Department leadership thought that was completely bogus.

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Jun 25, 2022

I believe lying under oath is an impeachable offense. I believe that violating federal law in not disclosing income from political organizations, as Clarence Thomas did years ago, is also potentially an impeachable offense. I believe that…

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Jun 25, 2022

I think the worst-case scenario is not that Donald Trump runs and wins, but that he runs and loses and they overturn the election.

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Jun 22, 2022

The only reason I know to ask for a pardon is because you think you have committed a crime.

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Jun 22, 2022

Our democracy held because courageous people like those you heard from today put their oath to the Constitution above their loyalty to one man or to one party. The system held but barely. And the question remains, will it hold again?

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Jun 22, 2022

No one is above the law.

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Jun 22, 2022

He knows exactly what he’s doing. And he’s trying to browbeat people into -- into doing what he wants.

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Jun 22, 2022

Yes, I think he understood that he lost the election.

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Jun 22, 2022

Some of them failed to uphold theirs and, instead, chose to spread the big lie.

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Jun 22, 2022

Days after the tragic events of January 6th, some of these same Republican Members requested pardons in the waning days of the Trump administration.

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Jun 22, 2022

What frightens me about the prospect of Republican leadership in the House is, Kevin McCarthy tried to overturn the last election.

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Jun 21, 2022

The President's lie was and is a dangerous cancer on the body politic.

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Jun 21, 2022

In addition to the personal impact this experience has had on you and your family, one of the things that I find most disturbing is how these lies discourage longtime election workers from continuing to do this important work.

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Jun 21, 2022

Really just how premeditated it all was, how it started with a big lie that the President was told over and over and over again by his attorney general, a deputy by his U.S. Attorney in Georgia by others was a big lie. But that didn’t…

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Jun 20, 2022

On November 3, 2020, Donald Trump ran for reelection to the Office of the Presidency, and he lost.

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Jun 20, 2022

He tried to stop State legislatures and Governors from certifying the results of the election.

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Jun 20, 2022

In fact, the day after Donald Trump released that video--so, now we are talking just 2 days after the emotional warning that you gave that someone is going to get killed--representatives of President Trump appeared in Georgia, including…

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Jun 20, 2022

In this Committee's hearing last Monday, we heard from senior Federal law enforcement officials--from the senior-most Federal law enforcement official in Atlanta at the time, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District BJay Pak, as well as…

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Jun 20, 2022

You have served not only your home States but our Nation and our democracy.

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