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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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Feb 8, 2022

I think they're absolutely right to make the referral to Justice Department, because there is public reporting and the Archives may know more than this that the President was repeatedly warned that that he couldn't destroy these documents…

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Feb 8, 2022

Do you think there's any possible criminal exposure, particularly if there are any classified documents he took to Mar-a-Lago as 'The New York Times' is reporting tonight?

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Feb 8, 2022

Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 41. Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress Amodei (Balderson) Baird (Bucshon) Bass (Takano) Bera (Correa) Bowman (Jeffries) Boyle, Brendan F. (Beyer)…

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Feb 7, 2022

the Republican Party has decided rather than repudiate what went into that violence of January 6th, rather than repudiate the big lie about the elections that drove people to that violence, they`re using that line all around the country to…

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Feb 7, 2022

Our goal is really to fully analyze what went into this multipronged effort to overturn election and how we protect our democracy going forward.

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Feb 7, 2022

They`re pursuing the violence in January 6 vigorously and including people who were not present, but nonetheless, were involved in a seditious conspiracy, where I have less confidence is other efforts to overturn the election, such as the…

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Feb 7, 2022

I think if you or I or any of your viewers were on the phone recording the conversation like thought, we would be under investigation.

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Feb 3, 2022

If Jeff Bezos can pay to dismantle a bridge in the Netherlands to fit his super yacht, then his company should have no trouble paying its fair share in taxes, so we can build bridges in America.

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Feb 2, 2022

I think, Lawrence, his counsel did acknowledge when we had a contempt proceeding earlier involving Mr. Clark, despite him invoking the Fifth, and that is specter for someone at the top of the Justice Department, as indicated previously by…

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Feb 2, 2022

It`s always unfortunately been my suspicion that Putin intends to invade. That this will be a massive invasion, that it`s even possible that he rolls tanks into Kyiv.

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Feb 1, 2022

We want to fully flush out the facts. How close did this come to being operationalized? What kind of pushback did they receive? Who was a part of this particular scheme? We want to answer all those questions.

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Jan 20, 2022

The recording of that phone call made by Georgia secretary of state to protect himself legally is a full and complete indictment of Donald Trump.

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Jan 20, 2022

The January 6th committee is building an indictment for history about what could be the single most studied event by historians during the Trump presidency, the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

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Jan 20, 2022

I think there is a credible allegation based in that phone call that the president was seeking to defraud the people of Georgia. That needs to be looked into.

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Jan 20, 2022

Fani Willis, the district attorney in Atlanta investigating the case asked a judge today to convene a special grand jury that will have subpoena power that cannot be defied by anyone named Trump or anyone else.

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Jan 20, 2022

the single most important, long lasting, and consistent reason to vote for president, the reason that has been there in every election of my lifetime, is judges.

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Jan 20, 2022

Donald Trump used the presidency for four years to avoid being charged with crimes, including obstruction of justice in the Mueller investigation.

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Jan 20, 2022

Evidence obtained by the committee demonstrates that throughout this period, many supporters of the president were trying to contact the White House to insist that President Trump immediately appear in the media and ask the rioters to…

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Jan 18, 2022

I hope that the Supreme Court will very quickly resolve the litigation regarding the archives, and refuse to take up the case from below.

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Jan 18, 2022

It would be antithetical to a conservative court to disagree with those two branches of government.

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Jan 18, 2022

Well, I think as you can see by the series of subpoenas that we`ve issued over time, they`re going to hire and hire people in and around the administration. And Rudy Giuliani was really at the center of things. He was one of the most…

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Jan 18, 2022

That`s the kind of thing you see in the developing world. You don`t see it at least until now in the United States of America.

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Jan 18, 2022

between mid-November 2020 and January 6, 2021, and thereafter, you actively promoted claims of election fraud on behalf of former President Trump and sought to convince state legislatures to take steps to overturn the election results.

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Jan 18, 2022

There are clearly lots of activities that he was a witness to and a participant to that do not implicate attorney-client privilege or where that privilege would be waived.

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Jan 13, 2022

It’s not that surprising, even though he pledged that he would cooperate, that it would testify, because, you know, he has been engaged in trying to cover for President Trump.

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