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\nU.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, conducts an impeachment hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 15, 2019. (Yuri Gripas\/Abaca Press)<\/p>\n
\nU.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, conducts an impeachment hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 15, 2019. (Yuri Gripas\/Abaca Press)<\/p>\n
Ex is out of pocket today, but she forwarded me this article on everyone’s favorite chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff (D-CA). Even though his Kangaroo Court has passed the impeachment investigation on, I don’t think we’ve heard the last of Laughing Boy.<\/p>\n
By JOHN KASS CHICAGO TRIBUNE |<\/strong><\/p>\n Now that the Horowitz report is out, revealing all those lies told by the FBI as it worked to hamstring a presidency with a debunked Russia collusion theory, here\u2019s a question:<\/p>\n Where do U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff \u2014 the Inspector Javert of Trump Impeachment Theater \u2014 and Schiff\u2019s eager handmaidens of the Washington Democratic Media Complex go now to get their reputations back?<\/p>\n Nowhere. There is no place for them to go.<\/p>\n It really doesn\u2019t matter where Schiff goes. The Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee will be blamed when impeachment boomerangs on the Democrats.<\/p>\n Schiff\u2019s Washington Beltway establishment media enablers, those who\u2019ve carried his water for years, may ignore the impact the Horowitz report has on Schiff\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n They might just spin it all away. And the more witless among them have already reverted to their default positions: tribal hooting, while comparing anyone who disagrees with them to Hitler. If you want the short version, just scroll through Twitter for the angry disembodied cartoon heads.<\/p>\n But there are many intelligent, thoughtful liberal members of the press who, when it comes to Schiff, must be thinking, \u201cMy God, what have I done?\u201d<\/p>\n Because if there\u2019s one thing that comes through in the report from Obama-appointed Department of Justice Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz, and from his testimony on Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, it is this:<\/p>\n Schiff is a dissembler, a prevaricator, a distortionist, a spreader of falsehoods. In Chicago we use the short word: liar.<\/p>\n It was Schiff who insisted all along that FBI and Department of Justice officials did not abuse the FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) courts or hide information from judges.But according to Horowitz, that\u2019s what the FBI did.<\/p>\n The \u201cDOJ met the rigor, transparency and evidentiary basis needed to meet FISA’s probable cause requirement,\u201d insisted Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, in a 2018 memo that should be carved in marble.<\/p>\n But the FBI didn\u2019t meet those rigorous standards. It didn\u2019t offer transparency. Officials hid evidence from the court, or fabricated evidence to get what it wanted.<\/p>\n It was Schiff who insisted that the FBI didn\u2019t heavily rely on the so-called Steele dossier, the salacious Democratic Party-paid-for oppo research against Trump.<\/p>\n But Horowitz shows that the FBI relied heavily relied on the salacious dossier \u2014 and even made up evidence to keep the dossier useful before the courts, though key officials knew that what was in it wasn\u2019t true.<\/p>\n We now know from the Horowitz report that the dossier played a \u201ccentral and essential role\u201d in obtaining warrants to spy on the 2016 Trump campaign.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Read the rest of Mr. Klass’ article here: Chicago Tribune<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks, Ex!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"