Strassel, Attkisson would like to know when Schiff will be held accountable by media for ‘snooping’ on free press
December 5, 2019 | Frieda Powers
With all eyes on the latest on Democrats’ impeachment circus show, it seems that attention turned away from House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff “snooping†on members of the press.
The California Democrat came under fire after the release of the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment inquiry report which included phone records for Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and others, including the committee’s ranking member, Rep. Devin Nunes and members of the press like John Solomon.
Schiff would not disclose how Democrats obtained the call logs but Republicans were not about to let it slide.
“I want to know all the people Adam Schiff is spying on. Are there other members of Congress that he is spying on? And what justification does he have?†House Minority Whip Steve Scalise told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday.
“This is a textbook abuse of power,†a House Republican involved in the impeachment proceedings told the publication. “Schiff clearly went through these phone records for the purely political purpose of reverse engineering them to find his political opponents and then gratuitously publish their names. Doing this to a journalist — John Solomon — is particularly abusive.â€
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