The California lawmaker emerged after the 2016 election as the leading Democratic voice questioning whether Trump conspired with Russia to throw the election in his favor.
By Mike DeBonis and Mike DeBonis Congressional reporter covering the House of Representatives Email Bio Follow Karoun Demirjian Karoun Demirjian Congressional reporter focusing on national security Email Bio Follow March 29 at 6:57 PM On television, in Congress and before a crowd of thousands, President Trump and Republicans are mounting a ferocious revenge campaign against one Democrat — Rep. Adam B. Schiff.
Mueller had been Trump’s villain for nearly two years, with the president lashing out at the “conflicted prosecutor” and his “angry Dems” investigators engaged in a “phony witch hunt.” “You might think that’s okay — I don’t,” Schiff said repeatedly as he recounted a litany of interactions between Trump associates and Russia. “I think it’s immoral. I think it’s unethical. I think it’s unpatriotic. And, yes, I think it’s corrupt and evidence of collusion.”He has won uniform backing from House Democratic leaders, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi , who called Republicans “scaredy-cats” for attacking Schiff before the Mueller report is publicly released.
Since taking over as chairman, he has scaled back his appearances, but he has not pulled any punches when it comes to voicing his belief that Trump subordinates’ contacts with Russians, their clandestine finances, and the lies they told to lawmakers and federal law enforcement are evidence of likely wrongdoing, even if they do not rise to the level of a crime.
When Nunes publicly alleged that Trump’s affiliates may have been picked up in a federal wiretap, that prompted allegations that Nunes had disclosed secret surveillance reports, spurring an Ethics Committee investigation that ultimately cleared him. But as the cloud grew, Nunes said in April 2017 that he would recuse himself from the committee’s Trump-Russia probe.
He added, referring to Schiff and Nunes respectively, “One member lied to the American public; one member told the truth and was attacked for it.”
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