Trump attacks Adam Schiff as ‘liar,’ ‘leaker’
WASHINGTON – President Trump again attacked the Russia investigation on Monday, this time targeting the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee: Rep. Adam Schiff of California.
Trump called Schiff “one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington” and said he “must be stopped.”
Schiff ’s committee is probing whether Trump and his associates colluded with Russians who sought to interfere in the 2016 election through cyberattacks and fake news.
Trump’s attacks came as Democrats seek to release a memo to counter claims made in a newly declassified memo written at the direction of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif.
The Nunes memo argued that the FBI and Justice Department abused their top-secret surveillance to spy on an adviser to Trump’s campaign. The memo alleges the government obtained its warrant to spy on Carter Page based on a disputed dossier compiled by an ex-spy retained by an opposition research firm and financed by Democrats.
Democrats have argued that the Nunes memo, which was released last week, was misleading and one-sided. Schiff and other Democrats are pushing to release a memo containing more information on the warrant.
If the committee votes to release the Democratic memo, Trump would have five days to object to its release.
In another tweet Monday, Trump praised Nunes, saying he “may someday be recognized as a Great American Hero for what he has exposed and what he has had to endure!”
Schiff responded on Twitter by mocking Trump’s habit of watching cable television news, and suggesting the president spend more time addressing the nation’s problems.