California Democrat Senator-elect Adam Schiff is doubling down on his false, unfounded claims of Trump-Russian collusion years later.<\/p>\n
In an appearance on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union,\u201d host Jake Tapper questioned Schiff regarding President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s recent cabinet picks, which included Florida Representative Matt Gaetz and former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were censured in the House last year for, in their view, holding positions of power during the Trump presidency as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and, according to them, \u2018abusing this trust by saying there was evidence of collusion between Trump\u2019s campaign and Russia,\u2019\u201d Tapper said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I wonder if you are feeling at all, introspective at all, about that was, according to the Mueller report and according to your Republican colleagues, an overstatement? And I wonder if you think, in any way, you helped set the table for these disruptors?\u201d Tapper asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst of all, it wasn\u2019t an overstatement,\u201d Schiff answered. \u201cThere is evidence of collusion. The Trump campaign manager was meeting with Russian intelligence and giving them internal polling data, just to give you one example. And the Mueller report sets all this out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt does say, \u2018The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities,\u2019 which doesn\u2019t mean that he didn\u2019t, that there weren\u2019t meetings, but they didn\u2019t find evidence of it,\u201d Tapper followed up.<\/p>\n
Schiff said, \u201cMueller says that, too. He says, \u2018The fact that we didn\u2019t find proof beyond a reasonable doubt doesn\u2019t mean there wasn\u2019t evidence of conspiracy or coordination.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The House of Representatives censured Schiff in 2023 in a party-line vote for his repeated allegations that Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign conspired with Russia to gain the presidency. Earlier that year, he was also dismissed from the House Intelligence Committee.<\/p>\n
His allegations were based on the notorious Steele dossier, which said that the Kremlin possessed blackmail information against Trump and that Trump\u2019s team had conspired with Russia.<\/p>\n
In his report, Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded in 2019 that there was no proof of Trump\u2019s collusion with Russia.<\/p>\n
In 2021, Special Counsel John Durham accused Russian analyst Ivan Danchenko, who was thought to be the main subsource for the Steele dossier, of lying to the FBI, further undermining the dossier\u2019s credibility.<\/p>\n
Last week, Schiff defeated Los Angeles Dodgers great Steve Garvey, the GOP candidate, in the U.S. Senate race in California.<\/p>\n
Schiff will serve out the remainder of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein\u2019s Senate term, which ends in January, and, separately, to serve a new six-year Senate term.<\/p>\n
Schiff has served in the House for the past two decades and gained national prominence when he led the first impeachment trial of Trump, advocating for his removal from office.<\/p>\n
In his Senate campaign, Schiff focused on positioning himself as the foremost opponent of Trump, vowing to continue applying pressure on the Republican presidential nominee if Trump were to win a second term in the White House.<\/p>\n
Trump, in turn, has called Schiff \u201cthe enemy from within\u201d and a \u201csleazebag.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are bad people,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWe have a lot of bad people. But when you look at \u2018Shifty Schiff\u2019 and some of the others, yeah, they are, to me, the enemy from within.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last fall, Schiff came under fire over allegations that he has been claiming two primary residences in Maryland and California for more than ten years while taking advantage of homeowner tax breaks.<\/p>\n
The controversies surrounding Schiff\u2019s residential claims may cause problems for his January 2023 announcement of a U.S. Senate run.<\/p>\n
For years, Schiff has been the owner of a large 3,420-square-foot house in Maryland. However, he has also claimed a homeowner\u2019s tax exemption on a much smaller condo in Burbank, California, which is 650 square feet, and has designated it as his primary residence.<\/p>\n
The congressman saved about $70 a year in property taxes as a result of this maneuver, which saved him $7,000 in total. Schiff did not request a comparable exemption for his property in Maryland.<\/p>\n
Tax records reveal that 2017 was the only year Schiff paid property taxes in California using a personal check bearing his Maryland address, adding fuel to the controversy, according to CNN.<\/p>\n
One insider told The New York Post that Schiff is \u201crarely at his California apartment,\u201d which is a modest one-bedroom, one-bathroom residence.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe revelation comes as Schiff faces stiff competition in the California Senate primary against fellow Democratic Reps. Katie Porter and Barbara Lee. Deed records reveal that Schiff designated his Maryland property as his primary residence in 2003 when he purchased it for $870,000,\u201d the NY Post reported.<\/p>\n
Source:conservativebrief.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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