

It is clear that the government was aware they still had documents there because they arrived in June. Nobody has alleged that representatives of Donald Trump falsely claimed to have provided all the documents. “ And I could tell you anyone in the intelligence community that had, uh, documents like that marked top secret SCI, uh, in their residence after authorities went to them, um, you know, they would be under serious investigation.” “ If, uh, the Trump people represented that they provided all the classified or national security information and didn’t, that’s a serious problem.” Schiff replied shifting the focus and spin. Schiff was perplexed and replied, “I don’t know.” However, that is the real inquiry that needs to be made in this situation. One of the most knowledgeable members of the party and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Schiff, was unable to respond. I’d even add another point to that - why did they wait three days after they got the warrant on August 5 to execute it? When this is merely a Washington Post “sources” report in the warrant there is no proof that there were any “nuclear” documents. “If there was that sensitive level of information being held, why did Justice Department officials wait 18 months after the end of the Trump presidency?” Brennan questioned the California representative, “What changed that made this immediate?” Adam Schiff struggled to respond, it was clear that he had failed to adequately explain the situation! The official also told Fox News that the relevant heads of appropriate agencies were consulted on the declassifications and redactions of all 53 transcripts.On this past weekend’s “Face the Nation,” Margaret Brennan asked a simple question about the recent FBI investigation into former President Trump’s Mar-a-Logo club,– the same question that so many of us have been asking, and Rep. “The process, according to an intelligence community official, took place under both former directors Dan Coates and Joseph Maguire, and was conducted by career intelligence officials. “The declassification process was completed before Grenell took the helm as acting director this past February,” Fox News reported. Now that these allegations have been disproven by several investigations, the American people deserve to have transparency about why public figures such as Chairman Schiff continued to promote such wild accusations.įox News reported that intelligence officials said that Schiff has had his staff contacting top officials in different intelligence agencies trying to figure out how involved Grenell was in getting the transcripts declassified. For almost four years, prominent Democrat politicians and commentators alleged that President Trump colluded with Russia, with Chairman Schiff going so far as to say that he had “direct evidence” of collusion. This news, if accurate, is disturbing-especially in light of Chairman Schiff’s cries in 2019 for transparency regarding allegations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia. We understand now that Chairman Schiff is blocking the release of these transcripts. According to public reports, HPSCI voted in September 2018 to release 53 transcripts. In March 2018, after interviewing 73 individuals and reviewing over 300,000 documents, HPSCI issued a report finding that the Trump campaign did not collude with Russia.

In January 2017, HPSCI began an investigation into Russian active measures to influence the 2016 Presidential election, including whether individuals associated with the presidential campaigns worked with Russia.
