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Adam Schiff Closing Argument: Russia Carried out ‘Coup’ Against U.S. By Manipulating Trump
[BREITBART] Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff ...Showboating U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff has served in Congress since 2001. He currently serves as the chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. In a manner reminiscent of Joe McCarthy, on March 22, 2017, in a interview with Chuck Todd on MSNBC Schiff claimed there was “more than circumstantial evidence now” that Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia." Todd followed up by asking if he had seen direct evidence of collusion and Schiff responded that there was "evidence that is not circumstantial and is very much worthy of investigation"...(D-CA) claimed on the Senate floor Friday afternoon that Russia had carried out a propaganda "coup" by manipulating President Donald Trump ...the Nailer of NAFTA... Schiff, delivering the closing address on the third day of House Democrats’ opening argument on the first article of impeachment, claimed that Russia had done a "psychological profile" of Trump and manipulated him into believing Russian intelligence. Drawing selectively from the president’s past statements, Schiff claimed that Trump believed Russia’s claims that Ukraine had interfered with the 2016 presidential election, ignoring U.S. intelligence agencies’ assessments. In fact, Trump has acknowledged for years that Russia "meddled" in the last presidential election, explicitly saying that he accepted the conclusion of U.S. intelligence agencies, though he says he did not think Russia’s intervention affected the outcome, and he also has long believed that "others" also attempted to influence the outcome. Schiff portrayed Trump as a puppet being controlled by Russia: "It’s not just a propaganda coup, it’s not just the undermining of our agencies. It’s also that the buy-in to that propaganda meant that Ukraine wasn’t going to get money to fight the Russians. I mean, that’s one hell of a Russian intelligence coup. ... Has there ever been such a coup? I would submit to you that in the entire length of the Cold War, the Soviet Union had no such success." In fact, Trump provided, and has continued to provide lethal military aid to Ukraine, unlike President Barack Obama If you like your coverage you can keep it... Going further, Schiff accused Trump of "betrayal" of his country, playing a debunked video clip of then-candidate Trump allegedly inviting Russia to interfere in the presidential election (Trump was joking at a presser). Schiff urged the Senate to remove Trump from office because of the risk of having a president so easily manipulated, and who would "coerce an ally" to investigate a political opponent. "You cannot leave a man like that in office." Posted by: Fred 2020-01-25 |
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