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CNN’s Dana Bash Smashes Schiff – You Gotta See It!

CNN’s Dana Bash Smashes Schiff – You Gotta See It!

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is not having a great couple of weeks. He was just booted off the House Intelligence Committee and a CNN interview this past weekend couldn’t have gone much worse. 

CNN’s Dana Bash grilled Schiff over past examples of him politicizing intelligence information for his political gain. 

“You said that there was direct evidence of the fact that Donald Trump colluded with Russia back in 2016. Special counsel Robert Mueller said in his report — quote — ‘The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government,’” Bash said. 

“Republicans argue that’s proof that you used your position the Intelligence Committee to intentionally mislead Americans, which is why you should not be on that committee.”

Schiff tried to side-step Bash by saying that Mueller’s report did not say that and that internal polling information was shared by Trump’s campaign manager with a Russian agent.

Bash rebounded by focusing on other examples that the GOP has used to justify Schiff coming off of the Intelligence Committee. 

Schiff said, “To most Americans, that is collusion. Now, whether it’s proof beyond a reasonable doubt of the crime of conspiracy — that’s what Bob Mueller was talking about — I have always distinguished between the two.”

 

“Ahead of the first Trump impeachment, you said the committee had not spoken to a whistle-blower,” Bash said. “In fact, that turned out not to be true.”

Schiff fumbled with a response saying that he thought they were referring to whether we had brought the whistle-blower in. He admitted that he should have been more clear. 

But Bash reiterated that according to the Washington Post, his claim about the whistleblower was false.

When a liberal Democrat is being grilled by a CNN correspondent, you know there must be little support for that Democrat’s leadership. Let’s hope that translates into Schiff’s run for the Senate. 

Written by Mark Stevens - January 30, 2023