Adam Schiff

Circumstantial Evidence Of Collusion’ Between Trump Campaign, Russia

... Committee on Intelligence. "There is certainly enough for us to conduct an investigation," he added. "The American people have a right to know and in order to defend ourselves, we need to know whether the circumstantial evidence of collusion and direct evidence of deception is indicative of more.". On Monday, the House Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing on Russian attempts to interfere with the 2016 election. Schiff noted that the committee's inquiry has a broad scope examining various techniques and methods Russia used. "I think people need to understand we are in a global war of ideas," Schiff said. "It's not communism versus capitalism but it is authoritarianism versus democracy and Putin is very much at the vanguard of that autocratic movement, and that ought to concern all of us.". The congressman has been briefed on matters related to Trump's still-unsubstantiated accusation that former President Obama ordered a wiretap of Trump Tower before the election. The White House has not offered any evidence to support this claim, first tweeted by Trump two weeks ago, and instead ...

Trump's 'patently False' Wiretap Claims Are 'wrecking Ball' To Us Allies

... Esme Cribb. March 19, 2017. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) on Sunday said President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claims that President Barack Obama "wire tapped" his phones at Trump Tower before the 2016 election have created a "wrecking ball" that is alienating U. S. allies. "What the President said was just patently false, and the wrecking ball it created now has banged into our British allies and our German allies," Schiff said on NBC News' "Meet the Press.". He said that Trump "needs to put an end" to growing damage resulting from his claims. "I suspect what's really at root here, Chuck, is this is just how the President does business. Now maybe this is the way he conducted his real estate business, with half-truths and sometimes no truths and a lot of bluster," Schiff said. "That, in my opinion, is no way to run a business, but it's an even worse way to run a country.". He said that Trump's allegations are "dangerous" to the United States and are "already alienating ...

Read Rep. Adam Schiff's Opening Statement On Russian Meddling

... U. S. persons in the Russian attack on our democracy. It is not that we feel the other issues are not important – they are very important – but rather because this issue is least understood by the public. We realize, of course, that you may not be able to answer many of our questions in open session. You may or may not be willing to disclose even whether there is any investigation. But we hope to present to you and the public why we believe this matter is of such gravity that it demands a thorough investigation, not only by us, as we intend to do, but by the FBI as well. Let me give you a little preview of what I expect you will be asked by our members. Whether the Russian active measures campaign began as nothing more than an attempt to gather intelligence, or was always intended to be more than that, we do not know, and is one of the questions we hope to answer. But we do know this: the months of July and August 2016 appear to have been pivotal. It was at this time that the Russians began using the information they had stolen to help Donald Trump and harm Hillary Clinton. And so the ...

Rep. Adam Schiff On Trump's Wiretapping Claims And Russia

... claim that millions of undocumented immigrants voted and that's why he was deprived of the popular vote - he says these things with such a conviction that, you know, we have to admit the very simplest explanation. And that is he can't separate what is true and what he wants to believe, what, you know, he gets from conspiracy theorists. And he's willing to express these just bizarre ideas. And frankly this is probably the most troubling prospect of all, that this president can't separate fact from fiction. And in the context of the constitutional scheme of things with separation of powers, his attack on the courts, his attack on the free media, that he also has difficulty separating right from wrong. INSKEEP: What are the implications of that for you as a congressman. SCHIFF: Well, the implications are quite extraordinary, and here's where I think this really matters and can't be written off as just a political neophyte. And that is all of the ...

Investigation Into Trump’s Wiretapping Claims To Be Done ‘very Publicly

... question of new proof or less proof or whatever. The answer is the same, which is that, I think, there was a concern about what happened in the 2016 election.”. The White House spokesman said the intelligence committees have the capabilities to look into the issue objectively. Schiff said Trump will be “exposed” publicly if an investigation reveals that there is no merit to his claims. The intelligence committee already planned to investigate the relationship between Trump associates and Russian officials during the 2016 election. “If the President is going to make outlandish claims like this in the future, he needs to know he will be exposed and high-ranking people within the US government — like the director of our intelligence agencies and the FBI — will be forced to say the President wasn’t telling the ...

U.s. Rep. Adam Schiff Talks Trump, Wiretaps And Ag Sessions

... temerity to use them here in the United states, but yes we need to use this information to protect our allies and protect the whole idea of liberal democracy.”. Rep. Schiff on whether we have reason to be concerned about our national security. “Absolutely. One of the most important conclusions that the intelligence community reached in that report that was published is, what the Russians did to us, they will do it again. We have every right to be concerned about attacks by Russia on our democracy, but we have also very much to be concerned with Russia remaking the map of Europe by dent of military force as they did in Ukraine, and as they have done elsewhere, and, if they’re not pushed back hard, as they will do again.”. Greg Miller , national security reporter for the Washington Post. ( @gregpmiller ). Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) , U. ...

Democrat Adam Schiff Tells Trump To Stop Treating Nato Like A Protection Racket

... it was great, @POTUS. Would have been greater if you didn't treat NATO like protection racket, or allies like deadbeats". Share on Twitter Add to Google+ Connect on Linked in Share on Pinterest Subscribe by Email Print This Post. Donald Trump took to Twitter Saturday morning to respond to fact-filled articles about his embarrassing meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel by deriding them as “fake news.”. In response to those tweets, California Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff nailed Trump for treating NATO like a protection racket. Glad you think it was great, @POTUS. Would have been greater if you didn't treat NATO like protection racket, or allies like deadbeats. __link__/Bbn 5 bui R 0 G. — Adam Schiff (@Rep Adam Schiff) March 18, 2017. Trump’s tweets were a reiteration of his position as stated Friday during Merkel’s visit when he ...

Rep. Adam Schiff Blasts Fbi Director, Demands More Information About Russia Investigation

... people that we're doing a thorough job if the Department of Justice or the FBI is unwilling to tell us what indeed they've looked at, what leads they have followed, where they have found substance and where they have not," Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) told reporters shortly after his committee was briefed by FBI Director James Comey. In a separate interview, Schiff said Comey declined to answer many of the lawmakers' questions and that such reticence "can't persist.". “If we're going to do our job, the FBI is going to have to fully cooperate with us, and that means they can't say, 'We'll tell you about this but we won't tell you about that,'" Schiff told the Los Angeles TImes. Schiff has also called for Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from oversight of the federal investigation into the Kremlin’s meddling in November’s elections. Many other Democrats and even some Republicans were also urging Sessions to recuse himself in the wake of disclosures ...

The Unlikely Liberal Hero Adam Schiff Is Ready To Investigate Trump

... tweeting.”. The White House, struggling to defend Trump’s allegation, deflected requests for proof by calling on Congress to investigate. Schiff gladly accepted the challenge—on Monday, most of the attention will be on Trump and his claim that Obama ordered surveillance against him. James Comey, the F. B. I. director, is scheduled to testify, and Schiff is almost giddy at the prospect. Schiff is a former prosecutor who, in 1990, after two previous trials, convicted the first F. B. I. agent indicted for espionage, a case that also involved the Russians. Schiff seems ready to cross-examine Comey, who was reportedly furious about Trump’s tweet and wanted the Department of Justice to respond to it. “If the press reports are accurate and Comey wanted the Department of Justice to refute this and they were unwilling, then he’ll have the chance to do it,” Schiff said. “What is the F. B. I.’s response to this accusation that President Trump made against his predecessor when he called him sick and bad because he was illegally wiretapping Donald Trump?” He added, “I think we’ll have the chance in an open hearing to quite definitively put this to rest, and then the President will ...