Adam Schiff responds to resignation calls: GOP 'okay' with Russia meddling
Firing back at demands by GOP lawmakers that he give up his chairmanship of a key House committee over the results of the special counsel’s Russia investigation, Rep. Adam Schiff delivered a passionate speech Thursday reminding those critics of everything they’re turning a blind eye to.
— Adam Schiff March 28, 2019 The Republicans’ demands ― coming on the heels of Trump’s call that Schiff resign from Congress, period ― stem from the weekend release of Attorney General William Barr’s summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election.
“My colleagues may think it’s okay that the Russians offered dirt on [Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton] as part of what was described as the Russian government’s effort to help the Trump campaign,” he said, referencing a now infamous meeting in June 2016 at New York’s Trump Tower. “You might think that’s okay.
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