Hell Freezes Over: CNN Blows Up Schiff Russia Recent Claim About President Trump
On Sunday House Intelligence Chairmen Rep. Adam Schiff went on a tangent when he claimed that Russia is trying to get President Donald Trump to re-elect. However, there is just one wrinkle about Schiff’s claim, CNN already disproved it.
It appears that if you are an enemy to the Democrat party Russia is helping you and since the DNC doesn’t want Bernie anywhere near the nomination, Schiff leaked that the Russians are helping Bernie.
When President Trump was asked about it over the weekend the President said, “I read where Russia is helping Bernie Sanders. Nobody said it to me at all. Nobody briefed that to me at all,” Trump said, suggesting that “Schiff and his group leaked it to the papers. They ought to investigate Schiff for leaking that information.”
On Sunday, Schiff shot back and said, “Nice deflection, Mr. President. But your false claims fool no one. You welcomed Russian help in 2016, tried to coerce Ukraine’s help in 2019, and won’t protect our elections in 2020. Now you fired your intel chief for briefing Congress about it. You’ve betrayed America. Again.”
Nice deflection, Mr. President. But your false claims fool no one.
You welcomed Russian help in 2016, tried to coerce Ukraine’s help in 2019, and won’t protect our elections in 2020.
Now you fired your intel chief for briefing Congress about it.
You’ve betrayed America. Again. https://t.co/WlMDaz8stF
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) February 23, 2020
The problem with Schiff’s claim is that two days before, Friday, CNN’s Jake Tapper blew the whole narrative out of the water in a very long tweet thread. I’m not sure what got into Jake that he accidentally engaged in actual journalism and in doing so countered Schiff’s weekend talking points.
What Tapper explains is that the now-fired DNI official was inaccurate in his assessment and was not honest before Congress. Tapper explains:
2/ “What’s been articulated in the news is that the intelligence community has concluded that the Russians are trying to help Trump again. But the intelligence doesn’t say that,” the official says…
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 21, 2020
4/ “It’s more that they understand the president is someone they can work with, he’s a dealmaker. But not that they prefer him over Sanders or Buttigieg or anyone else. So it may have been mischaracterized by Shelby” at the House Intel briefing last week…
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 21, 2020
5/ “And by the way,” the official says, “both Democrats and Republicans were challenging this at the briefing.”
Then there’s the matter of the tense meeting between President Trump and erstwhile Acting Director of National Intelligence Admiral Maguire…
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 21, 2020
6/ “The President was upset that he had to hear about an intelligence conclusion from a Member of the House Republicans rather than from the intelligence community. So he was out of joint with Maguire on that process.”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 21, 2020
Schiff has been caught flat out lying when he runs around claiming the President fired a DNI official over telling Congress Russia is helping President Trump. He was fired because “deep state” CIA officials didn’t brief President Trump, he had to hear the information from a member of Congress, and he mischaracterized the intelligence.
Apparently President Trump is not playing around a deep stater embedded in Washington told VOX journalist, Alex Ward:
I asked a senior White House official if Trump really removed Maguire over the Russia briefing. Official didn’t mince words.
“That’s absolutely why. Anyone from here on out that opposed POTUS will get fired.”
That bad, I asked?
“Yup,” official said. “He’s not f***ing around.”
— Alex Ward (@AlexWardVox) February 21, 2020
Senator Bernie Sanders was confused as to why this information came out, he’s known for a month.
Sanders tells reporters he learned about Russian interference in his campaign about a month ago.
But asked why it came out now, Sanders points to the fact that the NV caucuses are a day away. And adds sarcastically, “Washington Post? Good friends.”
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) February 21, 2020
It’s time for Rep. Adam Schiff to be investigated, he’s using the House Intelligence Committee as a propaganda tool for the DNC.