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>>> IN THE HISTORY OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEES THERE IS NO MORE
DISGRACED MEMBER OF THOSE
COMMITTEES FOR HIS WORK ON THOSE
COMMITTEES THAN THE FORMER
CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE,
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, REPUBLICAN DEVIN NUNES, WHO
DURING HIS CHAIRMANSHIP, FOR
WHICH HE WAS COMPLETELY BOTH
PROFESSIONALLY AND JUDGMENTALLY
UNPREPARED, DEVIN NUNES
REPEATEDLY VIOLATED THE LONG
ESTABLISHED PROTOCOLS OF THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE TO THE
POINT WHERE HE WAS FORCED TO
RECUSE HIMSELF FROM THE
CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE
BUT THEN CONTINUED TO TRY TO
EXERT CONTROL OVER THE COMMITTEE
AFTER HAVING RECUSED HIMSELF.
WE’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THAT.
THAT. IN ANY CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
BEFORE.
BEFORE. TODAY ALL NINE MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
INCLUDING THE MOST MODERATE OF
THEM, CONGRESSMAN WILL HURD,
DECIDED TO SHARE IN DEVIN
NUNES’S DISGRACE BY CO-SIGNING A
LETTER BY DEVIN NUNES TO THE NEW
DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN OF THE
COMMITTEE ADAM SCHIFF URGING
CHAIRMAN SCHIFF TO RESIGN AS
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE
BECAUSE THEY DON’T LIKE WHAT
ADAM SCHIFF TELLS THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ABOUT THE WORK OF THAT
COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE. THESE ARE THE SAME REPUBLICANS
WHO SUPPORT EVERY SINGLE LIE
THAT DONALD TRUMP TELLS EVERY
SINGLE DAY, NO MATTER HOW
DASTARDLY OR DEMENTED.
THE LETTER DID FOLLOW THE
CONGRESSIONAL TRADITION OF
ADDRESSING A CONGRESSMAN.
IT WAS ADDRESSED TO THE
HONORABLE ADAM SCHIFF.
THE REAL USE OF THE WORD
"HONORABLE" HAS SADLY ALWAYS
APPLIED TO PERHAPS NO MORE THAN
A VERY SMALL MINORITY OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE
SENATE.
SENATE. BUT HAVING WATCHED THE CONGRESS
FOR A VERY LONG TIME, NOW HAVING
WORKED IN THE UNITED STATES
SENATE MYSELF, WHEN I SEE ADAM
SCHIFF EVERYTHING I SEE PUBLICLY
IS HONORABLE.
IS HONORABLE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MEMBER OF
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHO
WEIGHS HIS PUBLIC COMMENTS MORE
CAREFULLY, PRECISELY AND
STEADILY
STEADILY STEADILY.
STEADILY. ADAM SCHIFF IS NOTHING IF NOT
STEADY AND POISED.
HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PUBLICLY
UNEMOTIONAL.
UNEMOTIONAL. I HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM ANGRY.
UNTIL TODAY.
UNTIL TODAY. WHICH MADE HIS ANGER ALL THE
MORE BLAZING, ALL THE MORE
POWERFUL, AND ALL THE MORE EDGE
OF THE SEAT COMPELLING TO WATCH.
WHEN ADAM SCHIFF RESPONDED AT
THE BEGINNING OF A HEARING TODAY
TO THE ATTACK ON HIS INTEGRITY
AND PROFESSIONALISM BY THE
DECIDEDLY DISHONORABLE DEVIN
NUNES AND THE REPUBLICANS ON
THAT COMMITTEE, WHO TODAY CHOSE
TO SHARE IN DEVIN NUNES’S
DISHONOR, YOU’RE GOING SEE EVERY
WORD OF THAT CONTROLLED,
TARGETED, AND BUILDING ANGER.
OF THE HONORABLE ADAM SCHIFF.
>> MY COLLEAGUES MAY THINK IT’S
OKAY THAT THE RUSSIANS OFFERED
DIRT ON A DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENT AS PART OF WHAT
WAS DESCRIBED AS THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT’S EFFORT TO HELP THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
TRUMP CAMPAIGN. YOU MIGHT THINK THAT’S OKAY.
MY COLLEAGUES MIGHT THINK IT’S
OKAY THAT WHEN THAT WAS OFFERED
TO THE SON OF THE PRESIDENT, WHO
HAD A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE
CAMPAIGN, THAT THE PRESIDENT’S
SON DID NOT CALL THE FBI, HE DID
NOT ADAMANTLY REFUSE THAT
FOREIGN HELP.
FOREIGN HELP. NO, INSTEAD THAT SON SAID THAT
HE WOULD LOVE THE HELP OF THE
RUSSIANS.
RUSSIANS. YOU MIGHT THINK IT’S OKAY THAT
HE TOOK THAT MEETING.
YOU MIGHT THINK IT’S OKAY THAT
PAUL MANAFORT, THE CAMPAIGN
CHAIR, SOMEONE WITH GREAT
EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING CAMPAIGNS,
ALSO TOOK THAT MEETING.
YOU MIGHT THINK IT’S OKAY THAT
THE PRESIDENT’S SON-IN-LAW ALSO
TOOK THAT MEETING.
YOU MIGHT THINK IT’S OKAY THAT
THEY CONCEALED IT FROM THE
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC. YOU MIGHT THINK IT’S OKAY THAT
THEIR ONLY DISAPPOINTMENT AFTER
THAT MEETING WAS THAT THE DIRT
THEY RECEIVED ON HILLARY CLINTON
WASN’T BETTER.
WASN’T BETTER. YOU MIGHT THINK THAT’S OKAY.
YOU MIGHT THINK IT’S OKAY THAT
WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED A YEAR
LATER THAT THEY LIED ABOUT THAT
MEETING AND SAID IT WAS ABOUT
ADOPTIONS.
ADOPTIONS. YOU MIGHT THINK IT’S OKAY THAT
THE PRESIDENT IS REPORTED TO
HAVE HELPED DICTATE THAT LIE.
YOU MIGHT THINK THAT’S OKAY.
I DON’T.
I DON’T. YOU MIGHT THINK IT’S OKAY THAT
THE CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN OF A
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN WOULD
OFFER INFORMATION ABOUT THAT
CAMPAIGN TO A RUSSIAN OLIGARCH
IN EXCHANGE FOR MONEY OR DEBT
FORGIVENESS.
FORGIVENESS. YOU MIGHT THINK THAT’S OKAY.
I DON’T.
I DON’T. YOU MIGHT THINK IT’S OKAY THAT
THAT CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN OFFERED
POLLING DATA, CAMPAIGN POLLING
DATA TO SOMEONE LINKED TO
RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE.
RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE. I DON’T THINK THAT’S OKAY.
YOU MIGHT THINK IT’S OKAY THAT
TH PRESIDENT HIMSELF CALLED ON
RUSSIA TO HACK HIS OPPONENT’S
E-MAILS IF THEY WERE LISTENING.
YOU MIGHT THINK IT’S OKAY THAT
LATER THAT DAY IN FACT THE
RUSSIANS ATTEMPTED TO HACK A
SERVER AFFILIATED WITH THAT
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. I DON’T THINK THAT’S OKAY.
YOU MIGHT THINK THAT IT’S OKAY
THAT THE PRESIDENT’S SON-IN-LAW
SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH A SECRET
BACK CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATIONS
WITH THE RUSSIANS THROUGH A
RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC FACILITY.
I DON’T THINK THAT’S OKAY.
YOU MIGHT THINK IT’S OKAY THAT
AN ASSOCIATE OF THE PRESIDENT
MADE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE
G.R.U. THROUGH GUCCIFER 2 AND
WIKILEAKS AND THAT IS CONSIDERED
A HOSTILE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
YOU MAY THINK IT’S OKAY A SENIOR
CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL WAS INSTRUCTED
TO REACH THAT ASSOCIATE AND FIND
OUT WHAT THAT HOSTILE
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY HAD TO SAY
IN TERMS OF DIRT ON HIS
OPPONENT.
OPPONENT. YOU MIGHT THINK IT’S OKAY THAT
THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
DESIGNATE SECRETLY CONFERRED
WITH THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR
ABOUT UNDERMINING U.S.
SANCTIONS, AND YOU MIGHT THINK
IT’S OKAY HE LIED ABOUT IT TO
THE FBI.
THE FBI. YOU MIGHT SAY THAT’S ALL OKAY.
YOU MIGHT SAY THAT’S JUST WHAT
YOU NEED TO DO TO WIN.
BUT I DON’T THINK IT’S OKAY.
I THINK IT’S IMMORAL.
I THINK IT’S UNETHICAL.
I THINK IT’S UNPATRIOTIC.
AND YES, I THINK IT’S CORRUPT
AND EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION.
NOW, I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT THE
QUESTION OF WHETHER THIS AMOUNTS
TO PROOF OF CONSPIRACY WAS
ANOTHER MATTER.
ANOTHER MATTER. WHETHER THE SPECIAL COUNSEL
COULD PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE
DOUBT THE PROOF OF THAT CRIME
WOULD BE UP TO THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL AND I WOULD ACCEPT HIS
DECISION, AND I DO.
HE’S A GOOD AND HONORABLE MAN,
AND HE IS A GOOD PROSECUTOR.
BUT I DO NOT THINK THAT CONDUCT,
CRIMINAL OR NOT, IS OKAY.
AND THE DAY WE DO THINK THAT’S
OKAY IS THE DAY WE WILL LOOK
BACK AND SAY THAT IS THE DAY
AMERICA LOST ITS WAY.
AND I WILL TELL YOU ONE MORE
THING THAT IS APROPOS OF THE
HEARING TODAY.
HEARING TODAY. I DON’T THINK IT’S OKAY THAT
DURING A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
MR. TRUMP SOUGHT THE KREMLIN’S
HELP TO CONSUMMATE A REAL ESTATE
DEAL IN MOSCOW THAT WOULD MAKE
HIM A FORTUNE.
ACCORDING TO THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS. I DON’T THINK IT’S OKAY THAT HE
CONCEALED IT FROM THE PUBLIC.
I DON’T THINK IT’S OKAY THAT HE
ADVOCATED A NEW AND MORE
FAVORABLE POLICY TOWARDS THE
RUSSIANS EVEN AS HE WAS SEEKING
THE RUSSIANS’ HELP, THE
KREMLIN’S HELP TO MAC MONEY.
I DON’T THINK IT’S OKAY THAT HIS
ATTORNEY LIED TO OUR COMMITTEE.
THERE’S A DIFFERENT WORD FOR
THAT THAN COLLUSION, AND IT’S
CALLED COMPROMISE.
CALLED COMPROMISE. >> THOSE WORDS ARE GOING TO LIVE
IN HISTORY.
IN HISTORY. THOSE WORDS ARE GOING TO BE IN
EVERY HISTORY BOOK OF THIS
PERIOD AND OF THIS SAGA.
THOSE WORDS ARE GOING TO BE SEEN
IN THAT FORM IN EVERY
DOCUMENTARY THAT IS EVER MADE
ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION AND
THESE YEARS OF INVESTIGATION.
YOU WILL BE SEEING THOSE WORDS
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN