Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. is losing his Capitol Hill allies left and right — and critics say he’s very mad about it.
Schiff’s comrades are being cleared out as part of President Donald Trump’s effort to drain the swamp –– and the latest Deep State official ousted was Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson.
Atkinson gained notoriety for his key role in initiating Trump’s impeachment proceedings.
He testified to Schiff behind locked doors about the whistleblower who’d heard about Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Voldomyr Zelenskiy and the rest was history.
Trump was impeached (and acquitted!), but he returned the favor –– anointing Richard Grenell to the position of acting Director of National Intelligence. Trump gave Grenell the green light to pick the bad apples and send them packing.
And when Atkinson was tossed, Schiff drafted a letter in which he expressed anger about Grenell’s decisions.
“I am writing to express my concern that you are pursuing organizational and personnel changes at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) without consulting and seeking authorization from Congress and in a manner that undermines critical intelligence functions,” part of his letter read.
But Schiff –– in claiming that Grenell undermined Congress –– exposed his own hypocrisy.
Critics point out that Schiff, before the whistleblower complaint even went public, kept it all a secret until it was politically convenient.
So who is undermining who, Schiff?
And there’s more.
After getting wind of the letter, Grenell took to Twitter, saying Schiff’s personal note was leaked to the press before it even hit his desk.
“These press leaks politicizing the intelligence community must stop,” Grenell wrote.
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Schiff is known for having an agenda — so it’s no surprise that he would take this opportunity to score quick political points in the corporate media.
And if so he just might have gotten his desired result.
With a favorable Washington Post headline like: “Trump’s purge is about to get much worse. Schiff just sent up a flare” –– it’s no wonder her does what he does.
But that won’t get him back his crooked friends.
Trump is draining the swamp — and there’s likely more to come.
The Horn editorial team