Schiff Threatens GOP: Don’t Investigate Bidens During Public Impeachment Hearings Or Else

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November 13, 2019 Baxter Dmitry News, US 12
Adam Schiff warned lawmakers ahead of the first public impeachment inquiry Wednesday against investigating the Bidens.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff threatened Republican lawmakers ahead of the first public impeachment inquiry Wednesday and warned any attempt to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden could prompt an Ethics Committee Investigation.

Schiff is also going out of his way to protect the “whistleblower” from scrutiny.

“As explained in my November 9, 2019, response to the Ranking Member, it is important to underscore that the House’s impeachment inquiry, and the Committee, will not serve as venues for any Member to further the same sham investigations into the Bidens or into debunked conspiracies about the 2016 U.S. election interference that President Trump pressed Ukraine to undertake for his personal political benefit,” Schiff wrote in a memo to the Committee laying out the rules for the hearing.

“Nor will the Committee facilitate any efforts by President Trump or his allies to threaten, intimidate, or retaliate against the whistleblower who courageously and lawfully raised concerns about the President’s conduct.” 

Townhall report: Despite Schiff’s assertions and threats, asking simple questions about bias or political connections of a whistleblower isn’t “intimidation” or “retaliation.”

Further and as Matt has detailed, there is no law that prevents the name of the whistleblower from becoming public. There’s certainly no law that prevents Republican members of Congress from talking about a whistleblower in broad or specific terms during congressional hearings.

This is especially true given this “impeachment” inquiry was launched by a whistleblower — who with second hand knowledge — claimed a July 25 phone call President Trump had with Ukrainian President Zelensky was inappropriate. 

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