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Schiffting to Phase 2 of Collusion
Kimberley A. Strassel February 21, 2019
Rep. Adam Schiff speaks with reporters in Washington, Feb. 6.Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press
There’s been no more reliable regurgitator of fantastical Trump-Russia collusion theories than Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff. So when the House Intelligence Committee chairman sits down to describe a “new phase†of the Trump investigation, pay attention. These are the fever swamps into which we will descend after Robert Mueller’s probe.
The collusionists need a “new phase†as signs grow that the special counsel won’t help realize their reveries of a Donald Trump takedown. They had said Mr. Mueller would provide all the answers. Now that it seems they won’t like his answers, Democrats and media insist that any report will likely prove “anticlimactic†and “inconclusive.†“This is merely the end of Chapter 1,†said Renatto Mariotti, a CNN legal “analyst.â€
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