“On Thursday morning, the soft-spoken chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff (D-CA) seemed very angry.
“His ire was perhaps understandable: Congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump — both of whom have encouraged chants of “Lock her up!” about political rival Hillary Clinton — had both just publicly called for him to resign because this week he told the Washington Post “undoubtedly there is collusion” between the Trump campaign and a foreign government.
“It’s a claim that Special Counsel Robert Mueller could not validate, according to Attorney General Bill Barr’s summary.
“Whether Schiff’s comments about collusion were accurate or not, they were reminiscent of statements Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Devin Nunes made Thursday on Fox about Clinton, accusing her of “multiple crimes” for her past use of a private mail server (an FBI review found Clinton did not commit a criminal offense).”
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