Adam Schiff is refusing to make Russian investigation transcripts public despite his own committee voting to do so and now Trump is putting pressure on him with a late night tweet:
DC EXAMINER – President Trump drew attention to reports that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff is blocking the release of witness interview transcripts from the panel’s investigation into Russian election interference.
He quote tweeted on Monday evening a missive from Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, that said, “Why won’t Adam Schiff release declassified interviews from his Russian collusion witch hunt? Because he knows the President did nothing wrong.”
Trump added his own answer to Jordan’s question. “Because Shifty is a crooked politician!” he said.
Below is Trump’s tweet:
Because Shifty is a crooked politician! https://t.co/bYkaJmy4Yj
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 28, 2020
It continues…
Jordan’s tweet shared a post from the Wall Street Journal editorial board, which, like the Washington Examiner, had sources who said Schiff is refusing to make public 43 transcripts that have been declassified and is preventing the declassification of 10 others.
Among the witnesses interviewed were top Obama administration officials, as well as associates of the president.
“Mr. Schiff spent years shouting cover-up only to be exposed for making things up. Now that the evidence is ready for public release, he’s defying the unanimous vote of a bipartisan committee to make them public. What doesn’t Mr. Schiff want America to see?” the Wall Street Journal editorial board said.
“Adam Schiff is desperately trying to hide these transcripts (including mine) from the American people. Who do you think he’s trying to protect? Me or Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Sally Yates and Andy McCabe?” Donald Trump Jr., who was one of the people interviewed, said earlier in the day.
If there’s ever been a lying hack politician in Washington DC, it’s Adam Shifty. His own committee bipartisanly voted to make these transcripts public and he refuses to do it? And yet somehow he continues to get away with it, getting cover from the media just like Joe Biden on Tara Reade.