Pelosi taps one of Trump's toughest critics to chair House intel panel

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Pelosi taps one of Trump's toughest critics to chair House intel panel
by Anna Giaritelli
 | January 03, 2019 06:03 PM



Newly minted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday evening she has selected Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., to chair the House Intelligence Committee for the next two years.

“Today, it is my privilege to name Congressman Adam Schiff as the Chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. His distinguished service on this committee, most recently as Ranking Member for the last four years, will be an essential and urgently needed asset as the Congress honors our oath to secure and defend the Constitution and protect the American people," Pelosi said in a statement.

Schiff was one of President Trump's toughest critics during the Republican leader's first two years in office and will now have the ability to subpoena documents in investigations of President Trump, his campaign, and inner circle. Pelosi said that's part of the reason she tapped him for the job.

“In the face of unprecedented assaults on our democratic institutions and the rise of new, complex national security threats, Congressman Schiff’s powerful intellect, deep legal expertise and steadfast leadership will be vital in keeping our country and communities safe. After years of Republican partisan antics and complicity in the President’s attempts to cover up the facts of the Trump-Russia connection," Pelosi said.

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., served as chairman prior to Schiff's appointment.

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[skeeter]

Toughest? How about obsessed & demented?

With his new authority as intel chair maybe Adam will finally dig up those Russian naked Trump pictures.

[Free Vulcan]

You mean Little Adam Schitt, who should be a top target in a DOJ investigation?

[Frank Cannon]

The House is a toothless tiger. Both parties have bent over backwards over the last 2 or 3 decades bending over backwards to protect their own to the point that their subpoenas are toilet paper and their hearings are bad SNL skits. Let Schitt act like an azzhole all day long going into an election season. It'll be great for Trump.

[jafo2010]

Adam Schitt for brains is an empty suit.  We know his spiel, just pull his string and he sings the same nonsense over and over again.

Only California would vote for this douche bag.  He fires blanks, been doing that for two years.