Reacting to the impeachment inquiry, the president launches a tweetstorm against the California lawmaker, who is leading the congressional investigation.
As the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry enters an aggressive new phase, Burbank’s Rep. Adam Schiff finds himself once again in a key role.
“I’m gonna put you in touch with people and not just any people. I’m gonna put you in touch with the attorney general of the United States, my attorney general, Bill Barr. He’s got the whole weight of the American law enforcement behind him and I’m gonna put you in touch with Rudy. You’re gonna love him, trust me,” he said, mentioning the president’s personal lawyer. “You know what I’m asking, so I’m only going to say this a few more times in a few more ways.
“This is in sum and character what the president was trying to communicate with the president of Ukraine,” Schiff said. “It would be funny if it wasn’t such a graphic betrayal of the president’s oath of office.”Trump, in response Friday, said Schiff gave a fraudulent reading of the memo to Congress “with millions of people watching.”
“He was supposedly reading the exact transcribed version of the call, but he completely changed the words to make it … sound horrible, and me to sound guilty,” Trump
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