President Trump says House Intel Chairman Schiff should 'resign and be investigated,' for his mocking interpretation of the president's call with Ukraine.
President Donald Trump called for the resignation of House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff on Friday, claiming the Democratic congressman"lied to Congress" with his mocking interpretation of theIn one of several tweets attacking Schiff, who is leading the investigation into the whistleblower complaint that motivated House Democrats to launch aagainst the president, Trump alleged Schiff"totally made up my conversation" with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Rep. Adam Schiff totally made up my conversation with Ukraine President and read it to Congress and Millions. He must resign and be investigated. He has been doing this for two years. He is a sick man!Republican Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., in the House introduced a resolution censuring Schiff for his remarks.
Video of the event Trump is describing on Twitter shows that Schiff, D-Calif., doesn't purport to be reading an"exact transcribed version" of the July call — aRather, the House Intelligence Committee chairman opened a hearing Thursday with the acting director of national intelligence with what he emphasized was a parody of what the president said and requested during the call.
"We’ve been very good to your country, very good," Schiff says, as Trump."No other country has done as much as we have, but you know what? I don’t see much reciprocity here. I hear what you want, I have a favor I want from you, though, and I’m gonna say this only seven times, so you better listen good. I want you to make up dirt on my political opponent, understand, lots of it.
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