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Adam Schiff

29 articles 2016–2018

We Don't Need a Report on the House's Russia Investigation

Eric Felten · March 14, 2018

The House Intelligence Committee majority announced Monday that, having found no evidence of collusion between Trump and the Russians, they are wrapping up the information-gathering part of their Russia probe. “We will now be moving into the next phases of this investigation,” said Rep. Mike…

The Difficult Dance of the Democratic Memo

Eric Felten · February 28, 2018

The Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, led by Californian Adam Schiff, have taken on an awkward, crosswise task with their memo rebutting the majority’s memo, which alleged FBI abuse of the FISA court process. The task is crosswise because it requires the minority to do two…

Schiff: 'Everything else should be declassified, is our view.'

Jenna Lifhits · February 14, 2018

California congressman Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday that the panel is negotiating with the FBI about narrowly redacting sensitive information contained in a memo intended to counter a Republican document alleging surveillance abuses.

FBI Objects to Release of Secret GOP Memo

Andrew Egger · January 31, 2018

The FBI on Wednesday expressed “grave concerns” about the public release of a Republican-drafted memo that reportedly contains allegations of FBI partisanship and surveillance abuses, a rare display of public displeasure from the usually taciturn agency.

Now Democrats Have a FISA Counter-Memo

Jenna Lifhits · January 24, 2018

The House Intelligence Committee is now home to dueling memos over alleged surveillance abuses related to the 2016 election. Democrats on the committee have crafted their own secret document in response to a Republican-drafted memo that outlines alleged FBI misconduct against the Trump team, as…

House Intel Leaders Clash on Scheduling of Key Testimony

Jenna Lifhits · March 25, 2017

The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee accused the panel's Republican chairman Devin Nunes of "cancelling" an open hearing on Russian election interference on Friday. The rebuke came after Nunes said he was postponing the hearing until after the committee hears closed testimony from…

Health Care Vote Is a Moment of Truth for the White House

Michael Warren · March 23, 2017

The House of Representatives will vote Thursday on the American Health Care Act, a bill President Donald Trump has enthusiastically endorsed and what the administration considers its best and perhaps only chance to repeal and replace Obamacare. It's the first and possibly biggest test so far of…

House Democrat Says Carrier Deal 'Smartest Thing' Trump Has Done

Michael Warren · December 6, 2016

A leading House Democrat called on his party to reconsider its political strategy ahead of the 2018 elections and praised incoming president Donald Trump for making a "smart" political decision by convincing an American manufacturer to keep some jobs in the United States. Adam Schiff, an eight-term…