Posted on 10/29/2019 4:27:16 PM PDT by grayboots
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who is overseeing the ongoing illegitimate impeachment inquiry set in motion by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is reportedly telling witnesses testifying not to answer questions asked by Republican lawmakers.
Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., slammed the hidden process claiming Schiff was instructing witnesses testifying behind the closed doors of the SCIF not to answer questions asked by Republican members.
“He’s directing witnesses not to answer questions that he doesn’t want the witness to answer if they’re asked by Republicans,” Scalise charged. “He’s not cut off one Democrat. He’s not interrupted one Democrat and told a witness not to answer Democrat members’ questions but today he started telling witnesses not to answer questions by certain Republicans.”
One question that Schiff barred a witness from answering reportedly came from Ohio Republican Congressman Jim Jordan who attempted to asked the initial anonymous “whistleblower” who they spoke with following the infamous July phone call between Trump and Ukrainian president.
“Adam Schiff says, ‘no-no-no we’re not going to let him answer that question,’” Jordan said as reported by Fox News.
The latest charges against Schiff come as the ongoing impeachment process has been rot with allegations of bias where Schiff has been conducting a closed-door investigation interviewing witnesses whose testimony has been selectively leaked to the press to frame the president.
The secrecy of the House proceedings followed by an array of leaked testimony to promote a false narrative being peddled by the corporate media prompted about 30 House Republicans led by Rep. Matt Gaetz, D-Fla., to storm the SCIF to demand previously denied records relating to the investigation.
Schiff is blocking GOP lawmakers from asking critical questions in the proceedings two days before Pelosi has set a tentative full-chamber vote to formalize the impeachment inquiry.
The text of the resolution was released Tuesday afternoon and denies Republicans subpoena powers. In both the Nixon and Clinton proceedings, the minority party was given this right.
Well, something for sure is rotten in the House.
Witnesses for what? Hey schiff-——Fah-Q!
They should do an Animal House walkout = > [cough] “Blowjob!” [cough]
Right out of the Soviet Union
Of course not, would totally ruin the fact that this guy is a partisan HACK who lobbied on behalf of Ukraine..he’s a total fraud..Schiff is a real piece of sh*t..Id love transcripts of his conversations with his butt buddy Ed Buck
the left LOVES Russia..they just pretend to hate them now but in reality they copy everything Russia does down to the letter
The absolutely only way they can ever win, is to cheat. So, then, it’s allowed.
this Shitt guy needs to be expelled from Congress!
he’s criminal through and through imho and he’s doing a great deal of damage to this country with all his lies or manipulations or distortions or bullsheit
Good grief! D?
Obstruction of Congress.
What do you expect from the Communists. Lenin showed them how to run these shams.
S-—— Schiff
IMO at the very minimum our guys should be holding a daily news conference and blabbing to the public about everything going on inside the Star Chamber. Let the Rats hold them in contempt and just try to make it stick.
IF Trump is impeached, part of his defense in the trial should be discovery of just HOW things were leaked out of this committee. The LEAK is the big story here (from my POV). Every thing else is a political circus. HOWEVER, leaking classified information is not political. It is illegal and needs to be treated as such FOR A CHANGE.
Then, Shifty is engineering a mistrial and opening himself to charges of witness tampering.
Just an sds style sit in complete with non negotiable demands
Only other congress critters can shut congress down
Coaching witnesses. I thought that was illegal, at least unethical. It’s a lynching.
PLEASE REPEAT THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN.
WITNESS TAMPERING!!!!!!!
That is a false statement, as that is not what her vote is about at all. It is to keep the inquisition operating as it currently is.
A lawyer shall not request a person other than a client to refrain from voluntarily giving relevant information to another party unless:(1) the person is a relative or an employee or other agent of a client; and
(2) the lawyer reasonably believes that the person's interests will not be adversely affected by refraining from giving such information.
From what I understand, Shifty Schiff is a lawyer. Maybe some Republican on the hill can file an ethics complaint against Schiff with whatever Bar he belongs to.
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