Adam Schiff

U.S. Representative from California

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Adam Bennett Schiff is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff is currently in his 10th term as a congressman, having served since 2001.

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Democrats pounce on Trump tax report Democrats seized on a fresh line of attack on the eve of the first U.S. presidential election debate, accusing President Donald Trump of gaming the system after a report showed he paid paltry amounts.. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 02:14Published on September 28, 2020

Trump casts doubt on Ginsburg's dying wish [NFA] President Donald Trump on Monday sought to discredit Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's family's statement that her last wish was the next president appoint her successor, saying without evidence it.. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 02:51Published on September 21, 2020

Trump intel chief defends briefings ban [NFA] U.S. President Donald Trump's intelligence chief on Sunday defended his decision to cease in-person Congressional briefings on election security, while Democrats said the move would suppress.. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 01:38Published on August 30, 2020

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Rep. Schiff wishes 'speedy recovery' to Trump Rep. Adam Schiff expresses "best wishes and a speedy recovery" to President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania after they tested positive for COVID-19 before beginning a hearing of the House Select.. USATODAY.com - Published on October 2, 2020
US intelligence agencies 'not ready' to compete with China on global stage: Adam Schiff Washington [US], October 2 (ANI): The United States' intelligence agencies are not ready to compete on the global stage for decades to come with China, which is expanding its economic, military and.. WorldNews - Published on October 2, 2020
What you need to know about the Trump impeachment inquiry House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff talk with Scott Pelley about the impeachment inquiry of President Trump CBS News - Published on September 21, 2020

Trump doubts Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dying wish, claiming Democrats wrote it Donald Trump has attempted to cast doubt on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish, baselessly claiming a statement released by the supreme court justice’s family was written by Adam Schiff, Nancy Pelosi.. WorldNews - Published on September 21, 2020
DHS official removed from post amid reports his office compiled intel on journalists House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff said Saturday the committee had been conducting an investigation into Brian Murphy and his department for over two weeks before his "abrupt and.. CBS News - Published on August 1, 2020
Coronavirus: Schiff worries Trump will ‘reward his own businesses’ during pandemic response Congressman Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, expressed concern Sunday that, without proper oversight, Donald Trump could use the federal response to the coronavirus.. WorldNews - Published on April 12, 2020

Connecticut Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Adam Schiff Robert M. Phelps messaged Mr. Schiff, the lead impeachment manager, through his congressional website, prosecutors said. NYTimes.com - Published on March 17, 2020
U.S. charges Connecticut man with threatening to murder Congressman Adam Schiff U.S. prosecutors on Monday said a Connecticut man has been criminally charged with threatening to murder Representative Adam Schiff, the California Democrat who led the prosecution of Republican.. Reuters - Published on March 16, 2020
Trump accuses Schiff of leaking intelligence about Russia to hurt Sanders President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Representative Adam Schiff of leaking classified information on Russian interference in the 2020 U.S. election to hurt Democratic presidential front-runner.. Reuters - Published on February 23, 2020
Schiff makes his final pitch: ‘He will not change and you know it.’ Representative Adam Schiff of California, the lead impeachment manager, framed his closing remarks with a pointed question: Can the Senate trust Mr. Trump? NYTimes.com - Published on February 3, 2020

With the votes against him, Schiff makes one final appeal for witnesses. Vote for additional witnesses and documents, he implored them, or risk “long lasting and harmful consequences long after this impeachment trial is over.” NYTimes.com - Published on January 31, 2020
Schiff starts impeachment arguments on witnesses Senators are preparing to vote on calling more witnesses and instead start bringing a close to the third impeachment trial in American history. Lead House manager Rep. Adam Schiff Friday renewed his.. USATODAY.com - Published on January 31, 2020
Citing reporting by The Times, Schiff starts a final push for witnesses. Coverage about John R. Bolton’s unpublished book was evidence of the need to call the former aide as a witness, the lawmaker said. NYTimes.com - Published on January 31, 2020	Schiff proposes using a single week to depose witnesses. It was the same length of time used during the Clinton impeachment trial in 1999, he said. NYTimes.com - Published on January 30, 2020
A question goes unanswered: Who pays Giuliani’s legal fees? Both sides are asked, and Representative Adam Schiff was the first to take up the matter, acknowledging that this was a question he too would like answered. NYTimes.com - Published on January 30, 2020	Schiff warns of ‘constitutional madness’ in Trump legal claims. “They compounded the dangerous arguments that they made that no quid pro quo is too corrupt if it helps your election campaign.” NYTimes.com - Published on January 30, 2020
Schiff tells Republicans to trust how the chief justice would handle witnesses. The chief justice would make swift determinations over the relevance of witnesses and the appropriateness of their testimonies, the lawmaker said. NYTimes.com - Published on January 30, 2020	Schiff acknowledges he likes Bolton ‘a little more than I used to.’ The Democratic lawmaker made another pitch for calling witnesses in the trial. NYTimes.com - Published on January 30, 2020
Schiff accuses the intelligence agencies of withholding relevant information. It was the second time in two weeks that Adam B. Schiff spoke openly about a conflict between a House committee and an intelligence agency. NYTimes.com - Published on January 30, 2020	Schiff says Trump ‘is a president who identifies the state as being himself.’ The courts have declared, Representative Adam B. Schiff said of the president, “You’re not a king.” NYTimes.com - Published on January 29, 2020
Democrats ask about Bolton’s account. Representative Adam Schiff replied that there was no question that President Trump was motivated by personal political gain and used that to argue to hear additional witnesses. NYTimes.com - Published on January 29, 2020	White House legal team made the case for calling Bolton, Schiff says. The concept of allowing one Democratic witness for one Republican witness is “not a game we’re interested in playing,” the lawmaker said. NYTimes.com - Published on January 28, 2020
Democrats want to hear from Bolton, but they also want his notes. Representative Adam Schiff, the lead House manager, said the notes “in many respects are more important than the manuscript.” NYTimes.com - Published on January 27, 2020	'He has not paid the price, yet': Trump tweet about Schiff crossed the line, Democrats say Democrats said the president crossed a line on Sunday, characterizing one of his tweets about Rep. Adam Schiff as a "threat." USATODAY.com - Published on January 26, 2020
Schiff, Calling Trump ‘Wrathful and Vindictive,’ Sees Tweet as a Threat In an extraordinary back-and-forth between a president and a congressman, President Trump warned that Representative Adam Schiff, the lead House impeachment manager, “has not paid the price, yet.” NYTimes.com - Published on January 26, 2020	Trump says lead impeachment Democrat Schiff has not paid 'price, yet' U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the Democratic lawmaker leading the impeachment case against him, Representative Adam Schiff, has "not paid the price, yet" for his actions, a statement.. Reuters - Published on January 26, 2020
House impeachment leader Schiff accuses Trump of threatening him on Twitter Democratic U.S. House impeachment manager Adam Schiff said on Sunday he believes Republican President Donald Trump's comment that he has not yet "paid the price" was intended as a threat. Reuters - Published on January 26, 2020	Schiff was eager to hear whistle-blower testimony, defense team says. “Our primary interest right now is making sure that that person is protected,” the lawmaker said in October. NYTimes.com - Published on January 25, 2020
Republicans criticize Schiff over ‘head on a pike’ comments. “I’m not intimidated,” said Senator Richard Shelby, Republican of Alabama. “That was probably a little bit overboard.” NYTimes.com - Published on January 25, 2020	Schiff sought to head off the defense. Now it’s coming for him. President Trump’s defense team wasted little time on Saturday coming straight after the House managers on the process, playing a clip at the outset of Mr. Schiff at a hearing last year NYTimes.com - Published on January 25, 2020
Who decides whether any executive privilege claim is valid? Representative Adam B. Schiff, who is leading the House impeachment managers, has proposed that Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. could rule on the validity of any such claim. NYTimes.com - Published on January 25, 2020	Schiff answers Trump defense before it is delivered. The lead House impeachment manager tried to pre-empt the president’s defense. NYTimes.com - Published on January 25, 2020
'Next time, it just may be you': Takeaways from Democrats' last day of arguments in Trump impeachment trial Adam Schiff pointed around the room, asking senators to imagine if Trump told a foreign leader something would happen "to you, or to you, or to you." USATODAY.com - Published on January 25, 2020	Managers wrap up their opening arguments. Representative Adam B. Schiff, whose stirring speech on Thursday night gained grudging plaudits from some Republicans, appeared to lose ground on Friday. NYTimes.com - Published on January 25, 2020
Republican senators are visibly upset by Schiff’s reference to CBS report. A CBS report said Republican senators had been warned to “vote against the president and your head will be on a pike.” NYTimes.com - Published on January 25, 2020	Schiff addresses criticism over his imitation of the president. At a hearing in late September, the lawmaker portrayed “the essence” of the real call by pretending the president was a mobster shaking someone down. NYTimes.com - Published on January 25, 2020
Emotional Schiff Speech Goes Viral, Delighting the Left and Enraging the Right Representative Adam B. Schiff took a risk in telling senators they must convict and remove President Trump because "you know you can't trust this president to do what's right for this country." NYTimes.com - Published on January 25, 2020	Schiff warns that not removing Trump would be ‘an unending injury’ to U.S. The lawmaker implored senators not to set a precedent that would cede Congress’s investigative authority to the executive branch for generations to come. NYTimes.com - Published on January 25, 2020
Schiff to Senators: Trump may investigate you next Democratic House prosecutors launched their final arguments Friday at Donald Trump's impeachment trial accusing the president of laboring to cover up his actions with Ukraine that finally led to the.. USATODAY.com - Published on January 24, 2020	Citing ambassador’s ouster, Schiff challenges G.O.P. senators The comments came hours after the secretary of state refused to respond to questions about the ire that his refusal to defend Ms. Yovanovitch had prompted among career diplomats. NYTimes.com - Published on January 24, 2020
Adam Schiff turns to John McCain to make his case. Mr. McCain once warned that President Trump’s unusual relationship to Russia was like a centipede. NYTimes.com - Published on January 24, 2020	Schiff’s speech falls flat with some Senate Republicans. Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming ticked off positive economic indicators from the Trump era and said the president’s record should be decided by the voters, not politicians. NYTimes.com - Published on January 24, 2020
Schiff’s closing argument resonates on Twitter. By Friday morning, the phrase #RightMatters — from the last line of Adam Schiff’s closing speech on Thursday — was eliciting reaction on Twitter from across the philosophical spectrum. NYTimes.com - Published on January 24, 2020	Trump impeachment prosecutor, Adam Schiff, is becoming Exhibit A in president's defense The lawmaker walking U.S. senators methodically through the case for removing President Donald Trump from office is also becoming Exhibit A in efforts by the president's allies to defend him. Reuters - Published on January 24, 2020
House Democrats to wrap up opening argument in Senate impeachment trial of Trump Adam Schiff and other House managers will focus the third day of opening arguments on accusations that President Trump tried to stonewall their probe. USATODAY.com - Published on January 24, 2020	Trump 'made a religious man out of Vladimir Putin,' jokes Schiff There have been few chuckles during U.S. President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate. But a wisecrack on Thursday about Russian President Vladimir Putin produced some laughter, at least.. Reuters - Published on January 24, 2020
What was the Senate chamber like while Rep. Adam Schiff made his final Thursday speech? Rep. Adam Schiff decided to take Trump's directions to "read the transcript," noting Trump had told his Twitter followers to do so earlier. USATODAY.com - Published on January 24, 2020	Schiff ends the day with a fiery push for Trump’s removal. His speech jolted the sleepy Senate to attention as he argued more explicitly than ever before for President Trump’s removal from office. NYTimes.com - Published on January 24, 2020
Democrats have 16 hours and 42 minutes left to make their opening arguments. Representative Adam B. Schiff opens the second day of arguments for the House managers NYTimes.com - Published on January 23, 2020	House managers will lay out their legal case for first article of impeachment. Representative Adam B. Schiff told senators that they would spend Thursday “go through the law, the Constitution and the facts as they apply to article one” of impeachment. NYTimes.com - Published on January 23, 2020

Adam Schiff

U.S. Representative from California

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Schiff makes his final pitch: ‘He will not change and you know it.’

With the votes against him, Schiff makes one final appeal for witnesses.

Schiff starts impeachment arguments on witnesses

Citing reporting by The Times, Schiff starts a final push for witnesses.

Schiff proposes using a single week to depose witnesses.

A question goes unanswered: Who pays Giuliani’s legal fees?

Schiff warns of ‘constitutional madness’ in Trump legal claims.

Schiff tells Republicans to trust how the chief justice would handle witnesses.

Schiff acknowledges he likes Bolton ‘a little more than I used to.’

Schiff accuses the intelligence agencies of withholding relevant information.

Schiff says Trump ‘is a president who identifies the state as being himself.’

Democrats ask about Bolton’s account.

White House legal team made the case for calling Bolton, Schiff says.

Democrats want to hear from Bolton, but they also want his notes.

'He has not paid the price, yet': Trump tweet about Schiff crossed the line, Democrats say

Schiff, Calling Trump ‘Wrathful and Vindictive,’ Sees Tweet as a Threat

Trump says lead impeachment Democrat Schiff has not paid 'price, yet'

House impeachment leader Schiff accuses Trump of threatening him on Twitter

Schiff was eager to hear whistle-blower testimony, defense team says.

Republicans criticize Schiff over ‘head on a pike’ comments.

Schiff sought to head off the defense. Now it’s coming for him.

Who decides whether any executive privilege claim is valid?

Schiff answers Trump defense before it is delivered.

'Next time, it just may be you': Takeaways from Democrats' last day of arguments in Trump impeachment trial

Managers wrap up their opening arguments.

Republican senators are visibly upset by Schiff’s reference to CBS report.

Schiff addresses criticism over his imitation of the president.

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Schiff warns that not removing Trump would be ‘an unending injury’ to U.S.

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Schiff’s speech falls flat with some Senate Republicans.

Schiff’s closing argument resonates on Twitter.

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Trump 'made a religious man out of Vladimir Putin,' jokes Schiff

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Schiff ends the day with a fiery push for Trump’s removal.

Democrats have 16 hours and 42 minutes left to make their opening arguments.

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