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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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Jul 1, 2021

I do welcome Liz Cheney`s presence, as well as any Republican that`s serious about their constitutional duty and wants to get to the bottom of what happened on the 6th.

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Jun 30, 2021

I mean, this is a grifter from start to finish. He brought his swamp from New York with him to the Oval Office. And, you know, this is a guy who used his charitable foundation as a personal political slush fund.

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Jun 30, 2021

But everything about Donald Trump`s life, everything about his every day in office spells corruption. So, none of this is surprising.

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Jun 30, 2021

We should investigate and find out all of the factors that went into that tragedy, why there wasn't a more robust response in protecting the Capitol when it happened.

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Jun 30, 2021

But we're determined to do our job nonetheless. And to develop a comprehensive, objective report of what happened prior to the 6th, what happened on the 6th, why we were so ill-prepared, and most important, make recommendations about…

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Jun 30, 2021

Well, that Kevin McCarthy has only one priority and that is to do whatever Donald Trump tells him to do.

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Jun 27, 2021

Kevin McCarthy is capable of anything. He is purely a political animal. There`s no ideology there, except ambition, self- advancement. And so he`s capable of anything.

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Jun 27, 2021

I am certainly concerned with the use of the big lie to propel these state laws to disenfranchise people, and particularly people of color, as well to push these laws that would strip independent secretaries of state of their powers and…

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Jun 27, 2021

there is no rehabilitation for Bill Barr, not after what he did to the Justice Department, not after misleading the country for weeks and weeks with false claims of potential fraud in the election.

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Jun 27, 2021

it is astonishing that you have the attorney general of the United States essentially conferring with a partisan legislative leader to try to direct the Justice Department in a way that will help either the GOP or the president.

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Jun 27, 2021

If any Democratic president did anything like that, there would be such a hue and cry about it.

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Jun 27, 2021

This was an attack on the citadel of our democracy. And we need to make sure that all those responsible are held to account and the public is protected going forward.

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Jun 24, 2021

We still want this done right, but it has to get done. And it will have to get done right as a select committee unless they come to their senses and embrace it a truly bipartisan commission.

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Jun 24, 2021

The reason they said no is they don`t want it done. They`re afraid that it will show complicity among their members in propagating the big lie, in creating the environment for that insurrection.

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Jun 24, 2021

In real terms, it means that we`re not going to be deterred by the hypocrisy from the Republicans. We negotiated with them in good faith. Chairman Bennie Thompson did a remarkable job into agreement with his ranking member, the Republican…

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Jun 20, 2021

We still aren’t sure, what was the predicate for seeking congressional records? Did they know whose records they were seeking?

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Jun 20, 2021

I introduced legislation last year, which we will be reintroducing I hope within the next month, something called Protecting Our Democracy Act. It`s a comprehensive package of what I`m calling our own post-Watergate reforms to strengthen…

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Jun 20, 2021

Well, they have referred the matter to the inspector general of the Justice Department to look into this broad sweep of records belonging to members of the press and media organizations, as well as records belonging to members of Congress…

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Jun 20, 2021

The abuses during the department included very graphic interference by the president in specific cases in which he was implicated, for example, urging the Justice Department to lower the sentencing recommendation of someone, Roger Stone.

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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 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

the Department of Justice was horribly politicize. They intervened on the President's behalf to make whole criminal cases go away like that, involving Michael Flynn and twice pled guilty to lying to federal authorities.

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Jun 16, 2021

I think Biden hit all the right points. I think we were right to go into this summit with modest expectations.

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Jun 16, 2021

The Russians and the Soviets before them have a long history of sowing discord in the United States and I never thought I would see a situation where some of our political leaders would be in lock step with them.

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Jun 16, 2021

It's hard to find a more clear example of this than, you know, the mute Kevin McCarthy, who, well, the former president, I'd states stood shoulder to shoulder with Vladimir Putin, praising the Kremlin dictator.

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