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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 16, 2021

They know the truth, but they feel for whatever reason that aligning themselves with the President's lies is the future of their party and it is incredibly destructive.

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Jun 16, 2021

Well, that`s exactly what you would want an American president to do, and, frankly, it`s a language that Putin can understand, that is we will now expect that when they got involved, if they get involved in trying to interfere with our…

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Jun 11, 2021

I think that the Attorney General has an obligation to clean house to essentially understand exactly what the department was doing over the last four years. Make sure that there`s accountability for those that were engaged in political and…

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Jun 10, 2021

The new attorney general under President Biden, Merrick Garland, has an obligation to clean house, to understand what the Justice Department was doing the last four years, to make sure there is accountability.

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Jun 10, 2021

I think that the attorney general has an obligation to clean house, to essentially understand exactly what the department was doing over the last four years, make sure that there's accountability for those that were engaged in political…

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Jun 10, 2021

The president of the United States doesn’t urge the department to investigate his political adversaries or his political enemies.

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Jun 10, 2021

The first and most important norm post-Watergate is the president of the United States does not get involved in particular cases at the Justice Department, doesn’t urge the Justice Department to investigate particular people.

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Jun 10, 2021

This looks like a patent abuse of the department. Yet another example of the president politicizing, using the Department of Justice as a cudgel to go after his enemies.

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Jun 10, 2021

Merrick Garland will testify before different committees in Congress. I'm sure he will be asked about these actions by the department, actions in going after members of Congress with baseless subpoenas, actions in going after reporters the…

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Jun 10, 2021

That is, I think, a terrible abuse of power. It violates, I think, the separation of powers. But it also makes the Department of Justice just a fully owned subsidiary of the president`s personal legal interests and political interests. And…

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Jun 10, 2021

The incident must be viewed in the context of the systemic politicization of the department and its mission and other flagrant abuses. The attorney general needs to do a full damage assessment of the conduct of the department over the last…

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Jun 10, 2021

This looks like a patent abuse of the Department, yet another example of the President politicizing using the Department Justice as a cudgel to go after his enemies.

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Jun 10, 2021

This looks like a patent abuse of the department, yet another example of the president politicizing, using the Department of Justice as a cudgel to go after his enemies.

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Jun 10, 2021

Donald J. Trump has abused the powers of his presidency. He abused his office and the public trust by using his power for personal gain, by seeking elicit foreign assistance in his reelection and covering it up.

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May 28, 2021

If Moscow is responsible the brazen act of using emails it sees that Russia remains undeterred, despite sanctions following SolarWinds.

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May 24, 2021

I hope they will reconsider if they’re considering appealing.

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May 24, 2021

The public should see what’s in that memo.

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May 24, 2021

Well, first of all, these guys all deserve each other, Lawrence.

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May 24, 2021

It shows Manafort was a bigger liar than we knew, and we knew he was a pretty big liar to begin with.

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May 24, 2021

Mike Pompeo was listening in on that call between Donald Trump and President Zelensky, in which he was trying to strong-arm the leader of Ukraine to help investigate the Bidens.

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May 21, 2021

The Republican Party has become the party of Donald Trump. His lies become their lies.

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May 21, 2021

You can’t do a credible investigation without the power of subpoena.

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May 21, 2021

Well, look, they`re all falling in line behind Donald Trump. This has been the story since the second impeachment trial.

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Apr 29, 2021

Tragically, the end of the Republican Conference in Congress is filled with these people.

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Apr 29, 2021

Kevin McCarthy has made his bed with Donald Trump and the Trump wing of the party, of which Matt Gaetz is very much in the mainstream.

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