[FOXNEWS] 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., once called for legislation to protect then-special counsel Robert Mueller to ensure that his Russia investigation would continue unimpeded, but now he is railing against Attorney General William Barr's appointment of a special counsel to continue investigating the FBI's actions in the early stages of that same Russia probe.
Barr recently announced that prior to November's election, he named Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham as special counsel for the investigation of the Russia probe that Durham was already leading. As a U.S. attorney, Durham is subject to being relieved of his duties when President-elect Joe
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...Failed seeker of the Democratic presidential nomination on multiple occasions, vice president under Barack Obama, giving it a last try in his dotage for 2020...takes office. His investigation could also be shut down by the next administration.
As special counsel, however, Durham would enjoy a degree of added independence, as he could only be fired by an attorney general or someone acting in that capacity.
"Barr is using the special counsel law for a purpose it was not intended: to continue a politically motivated investigation long after Barr leaves office," Schiff said in a Tuesday statement.
During Mueller's investigation, however, Schiff was eager to protect the special counsel's office at all costs to ensure Mueller could continue the Russia probe without interference.
In 2018, Schiff told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow that Congress had to "take up a bill to protect Mueller so that we don't invite a crisis."
In the end, Mueller was able to conclude the years-long investigation. It resulted in convictions unrelated to any allegations of unlawful cooperation between the Trump campaign and Russia, and failed to produce evidence to support any claims that the campaign was working with a foreign government.
Schiff was not convinced, even when the investigation was over.
"Undoubtedly there is collusion," Schiff told the Washington Post after Barr had published a summary of Mueller's report.
Schiff, who is chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, went on to lead impeachment efforts against President Trump regarding allegations that he tried to withhold funds to pressure Ukraine into investigating Biden.
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