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Timeline – Adam Schiff

Adam Schiff, (D-CA), House Representative for California's 28th district.

updated, Adam Schiff, a California House Representative since 2000, chairs the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He is probably most famous for his outspoken criticism of Donald Trump.

Adam Schiff, the House Intel chair at the time, was chosen to lead the impeachment against Trump.  Nominally this job would have gone to Jerry Nadler, the House Judiciary chair.

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2022-Dec-08 Adam Schiffs new fight, protecting America from hate speech

Schiff’s newest push is attacking Twitter, a social media site.  As the site is being reformed under Elon Musk more freedom to discuss issues using allowing more viewpoints has been the result.

And as more and more reports are coming out how Twitter blocked opposing views, even a few Democratic politicians, Rho Khanna for example, have called out that this was wrong.  Both the Washington Post and Newsweek reported.

Note that it is possible to create a Safe Space on Twitter using the following simple rules.

   1) Only follow the people you agree with.

   2) Block any user who you find offensive.

2021-Nov-10 Adam Schiff is asked about the validity of the Steele Dossier, a document that has guided his life for 4-5 years

Morgan Ortagus, a View host, questions Adam Schiff about his culpability in promoting his Steele Dossier.   The View is nominally, very, very supportive of Democrat causes.   Schiff was most likely blindsided by this line of questioning.  He nominally sticks with CNN or MSNBC for safe interviews.

Ortagus later added that Schiff was so “obsessed” with stopping former-President Trump that he took shortcuts and politicized the intelligence community.

20-Oct-16 With the elections weeks away, Adam Schiff is proposing the Hunter Biden Laptop is Russian disinfornation

2017-Apr Schiff’s investigation was far and wide leading him to foreign sources

Sometime in April of 2017, Adam Schiff was contacted by a two Russian pranksters on a crank phone call.  They offered dirt on President Trump.  A longer version can be found here.

2000 An earlier Adam Schiff made his name and got elected by fighting against impeachment.