As the impeachment inquiry against President Trump is moving swiftly to a conclusion, the GOP has upped their attacks against its mastermind, Adam “Shifty” Schiff over his handling of the investigatory phase. Specifically, the way he carelessly, and unnecessarily exposed the phone records of his Intelligence Committee rival, the ranking member, Devin Nunes.
Collecting the phone data has been strongly defended by Democrats while Republicans have seized on the new controversy as unfair and a bad precedent.
President Trump’s Republican allies on Capitol Hill have sought to shine the spotlight back on Schiff as Democrats build their case against the president and continue marching toward an impeachment vote as soon as next week.
During this past week’s impeachment hearings, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, spent several minutes ripping into the Democrats for including the Nunes records — something Collins argued added no value to the report and was only done as a “political vendetta” against one of Trump’s key defenders.
“It was a drive-by. It was a gratuitous drive by that you wanted to smear the ranking member,” Collins told Schiff’s Democratic counsel, Daniel Goldman.
Schiff’s report detailed that Nunes had multiple communications with key figures in the House impeachment inquiry, such as Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, as well as with Giuliani’s Soviet-born associate Lev Parnas, who has been indicted on campaign finance charges.
The phone logs indicate Nunes and Giuliani spoke briefly three times and texted once on April 10. It also shows numerous attempts at contact between Parnas and Nunes on April 12, including an eight-minute phone call.
According to House Democrats, the calls raise serious questions about why Nunes was in frequent contact, at conspicuous times, with individuals who were part of a shadow campaign to pressure Ukraine to investigate one of Trump’s key political rivals, former Vice President Joe Biden. But, the Republicans have countered, saying that as a Congressman, and ranking member of the intelligence committee, Nunes has a right to speak to whomever he likes, and further, the records only show metadata – or when and to whom the calls were made – and nothing about the content of the calls, which could be completely innocuous.
Soliciting Phone Records Is Standard Procedure
House Democrats, including Schiff, have said it is standard procedure for investigators to seek phone records and suggested GOP lawmakers are pandering to their base in a public relations effort. Some have speculated that the phone records of Giuliani and Parnas were subpoenaed, and those records showed contact with Nunes and Solomon.
Collins and other Republicans said they had no issue with the Intelligence panel issuing subpoenas to mobile-phone carriers or writing its report. But they thought it was inappropriate to reveal the names of individuals swept up in the call logs who are not the target of a criminal investigation. Collins said the report should have referred to Nunes anonymously as “Congressperson 1.”
“Where I do have a problem and a really big problem … is the fact that somebody made a decision to match certain data, metadata that had been collected through the subpoena with phone numbers of journalists and members of Congress, and that is the beginning of a surveillance state, which I think is outrageous,” said former Judiciary Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), one of the architects of the 2001 Patriot Act, which drastically expanded federal surveillance authority in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Another Judiciary Committee member, Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), told the press, “I think it’s disgraceful, it’s appalling, it ought to frighten the hell out of every American. If he can do that to Devin Nunes, he can do that to anybody he doesn’t like.”
Schiff should be removed from his office. The Democrats are acting like children, they need to get on with the job they are supposed to be doing and drop this childish behavior. Let’s see how many of the Democrats get reelected.
Schiff better watch his back.
Schiffhead must resign!
OLE BUGGEYE SHIFFHEAD DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THE MISDEEDS HE HAS DONE WILL BE VISITED UPON HIM 10 TIMES WORSE.
When is someone going to call bullshit and start charging shifty schiff , nadler. Schumer and pelosi with acts of treason???
The demorats need to be removed from office. The do no give a rats ass about the American people.
TRUMP 2020 RED ALL THE WAY!
Clean out the Democratic Party
Tell Hillary Clinton that Schiff is getting ready to spill the beans on her, problem solved!!
Ok I agree with that so let get Shriff and others too their phone records and emails and now we can get down to the Truth too
The Senate needs to put Schiff under oath. Grill him for days. Since he is a pathalogical liar it’s only a question of time before he perjures himself.
Out of control house. Every American regardless affiliation should be concerned. This should be grounds for removing from office (voting out)
this is the biggest pile of horse dung I have ever witnessed. Vote people people, or YOUR phone records, your very foundation on which this country was established, is a threat to our very FREEDOM.
I think all the Democrats involved in this disgraceful and anti American mockery of justice should be impeached. They should also have to pay back the American taxpayers for this frivolous waste of money. I am ashamed of their behavior and for having voted for some.
Schiff (and the whole Democrat House) Are CRIMINAL EMBARRASSMENTS!! They should be in PRISON for attempting a COUP! A HANGING OFFENSE!!!
there is an issue before the US Supreme court as to whether or not President Trump acted properly in not allowing cabginet officials to appear before the sham impeachment hearings. How come the Democrats did not wait for the decision of the court to be made. If the US Supreme court decides in favor of the President, then the impeachment charge of interfering with congress would be moot. But in their haste to get President Trump out of office BEFORE the 2020 elections the Democrats have abused their majority status. EVery Patriotic citizen must make sure any Democrat who votes to impeach the President is NOT returned to congress. Arise Americans, take back your country before you lose it to the socialists.
Schiff says they feel because they talked that there were illegal activity going on. The republican response can respond by say let’s get your and Nancy and Nader and say we feel the calls amongst you were to collaborate your stories and get you ducks in a row. This is essentially what they were saying. Everything is heresay. We’re supposed to be protected but if left unchecked and not prosecuted for this then it’s a travesty. We definitely need to prosecute certain democrats who are responsible for this circus. That’s the only way to keep this from happening every 2months
Schiff is guilty of abuse of power for political gain. And possibly violated the fourth amendment.
Adam Shitthead needs to be hung for treason attempting to overthrow the United States
Seems that the Dems have very little ethics or integrity when it comes to unmasking names of those whom they spy on. Just as in the previous administration we saw Samantha Powers lead the Obama administration with the amount of folks whose names were unmasked through secret phone surveillance. She wasn’t alone but she had the highest number. And there was no connection whatsoever to her job as ambassador to the UN so what was that all about. Now we have another Dem who seems to think that it is okay to do the same. And to someone on his committee. As well as a journalist (John Solomon) and Rudy Giuliani. No reason but to out them. That should be illegal but in the liberal world all things are okay as long as it is against an opponent. Shame on Schiff and the dems. One day, this may come back to bite them and I am wondering just how loud they will scream.
I am getting very upset that the Republicans r saying the dems have broke the law and not putting any of the criminals who they say is breaking the law. We know killary and the obamantion Eric holder, shift for brains , mad maxien, to may to remember so y r the republicans not doing what they promised they said they would put them in jail I’m tiered of waiting put up or shut up.
Why are not the phone logs of “Shifty” Schiff, Pelosi, et al, being sought if it’s “standard procedure”?!
I sure want to be around when their shtf because it will be one really nasty blowback in their face.
What you sew you will reap one day. That’s a universal law.
Democrats just need to stop there crap. One story doesn’t work so they keep pulling up more tricks. Your time is running out. Impeachment of the President doesn’t matter. 2020 here we come. President Trump keep up your good work for this Country. You can’t count on the Left. They will never help as far as our Country. Good for you President Trump, 2020.
Yes he should watch his back. Once Atty. Durham criminal prosecution of those actors in Russia, Russia Russia collusion will start, he is one of the witness to be cross examined at the witness stand. He is rejoicing now because of the president’s impeachment but the day of reckoning is closing on him.
here, is just “more” evidence, that Schiff, is un-worthy to occupy his Congressional seat! Corrupt, Un-ethical, dishonest, treacherous, scum bag, Un-Patriotic, & worthy of exile!…..{ just a few descriptive adjectives, et al, for this low life Demoncrat!}…..Anyone “disagree? ?? ??}
From now on let Schiff be know as Pinchiffio. Each time he lies his neck gets thinner and longer.
You know what we need to do with people like Adam Schiff is drag is ass out home and do what they did in the 1800s…Tar and feather him…and put him in stocks so people can walk by and slap him in the face….in the town square or front of the Congress building
wheres the ethics committee or have him disbarred is he not a lawyer
Cannot stomach that bug eyed, sneering man whom, I wonder, might be getting orders and money from Soros! I wonder just how many on the Dems side are fetching dirty money?????
Well what just exactly happens now looks like you just can’t play fair with the tide pod gang what do you think they’re going to do when Trump wins again I think it’s time to put the trash to the curb make it so nobody votes for them that shift should be in jail same with pelosi these people are the biggest embarrassment this country’s ever seen
No offense, but I think most “thinking” Americans have about had it with one after another actions by this Schiff, many of which have resulted in taxpayers funding BS investigations conducted by and at the request of purely left-wing political hacks, all aimed at toppling this President because the leftist Communist loving Socialists, masquerading as “Democrats” couldn’t field a decent candidate that hadn’t gotten Americans murdered in Lybia and who, with her corrupt husband, are accused of committing dozens of domestic murders to silence those close to them for knowing too much. At this juncture, STOP THE WHINING ABOUT SCHIFF IF YOU AREN’T WILLING TO TAKE HIM DOWN. HE, not Trump, deserves IMPEACHMENT.
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