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2020-05-08 Home Front: Politix
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Sources say Russia probe transcripts affirm officials came up empty on collusion: 'Schiff is in panic mode'
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[FOXNEWS] Earlier this week, House Republicans sought over 6,000 pages of transcripts pertaining to interviews conducted by the committee in 2017 and 2018, after the panel in September 2018 voted on a bipartisan basis to approve their public release.
A day later, acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell notified Rep. Adam Schiff
 ...Showboating U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff has served in Congress since 2001. He currently serves as the chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. In a manner reminiscent of Joe McCarthy, on March 22, 2017, in a interview with Chuck Todd on MSNBC Schiff claimed there was “more than circumstantial evidence now” that Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia." Todd followed up by asking if he had seen direct evidence of collusion and Schiff responded that there was "evidence that is not circumstantial and is very much worthy of investigation"...
, D-Calif., that the redaction and declassification process was complete, and that the records were ready for release, putting the ball in Schiff’s court.
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intelligence officials told Fox News on Wednesday that Schiff has had his subcommittee staff director reaching out to heads of intelligence community agencies asking how Grenell was involved and what role Grenell — a known Trump ally — may have played in the declassification and redaction process.
Fox News is told, however, that the redactions were completed before Grenell took the helm as acting director this past February.
The process, according to an intelligence community official, took place under both former directors Dan Coates and Joseph Maguire, and was conducted by career intelligence officials. The official also told Fox News that the relevant heads of appropriate agencies were consulted on the declassifications and redactions of all 53 transcripts.
Grenell, in a letter to Schiff dated May 4, wrote that the review of 43 of the 53 transcripts "was completed in June 2019," and that the "interagency review of the remaining ten transcripts has been completed." Grenell added, "pursuant to your guidance, these transcripts have not been shared with the White House."
The remaining 10 transcripts included interviews with President Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump
...the Nailer of NAFTA...
Jr., former adviser Steve Bannon, the president’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, Trump aide Hope Hicks and former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
Further, Grenell wrote Schiff that he was "willing" to release the transcripts directly from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence [ODNI] "as to ensure we comply with the unanimous and bipartisan vote to release the transcripts." It’s unclear, at this point, when Grenell could release the transcripts.
A House Intelligence Committee front man told Fox News on Wednesday that the panel received Grenell’s letter on Tuesday.
"After more than a year of unnecessary delay, the ODNI has finally concluded its protracted classification review of the committee’s transcripts, and it also appears the White House has now abandoned its improper insistence on reviewing key transcripts, which the committee appropriately rejected," the front man said. 
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