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California Democrat Adam Schiff, the House Intelligence Committee chairman, has been in his glory in running the Trump impeachment hearings, with the TV spotlight upon him and his allies in Washington's Democratic Media Complex urging him on in this totally unnecessary farce. Yet from his perch up high at the hearings, with that long neck and those pursed lips, I figure Schiff could have at least worn a black robe trimmed with fur. He presides over this absurdity like a medieval churchman in a bad movie, determined to burn all the witches and win the adoration of all those little...

In the current impeachment hearing, Rep. Adam Schiff has maintained a firm hold on what witnesses can be called and what questions can be asked. From the very beginning of the hearing when asked when and if the whistleblower could testify under closed hearings, Schiff made it clear that the identity of the whistleblower was not to be shared. He even claimed publicly at the start of the Wednesday hearing that he did “not know the identity of the whistleblower.” This whole hearing should begin with the "whistleblower," the government employee who brought the complaint to Schiff about the phone...

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) hammered the Justice Department on Friday over a legal opinion it wrote backing the Treasury Department’s defiance of a House subpoena for President Trump’s tax returns. “What is the President hiding in his tax returns? And since when does 'shall' mean 'unless it displeases Trump?'" the House Intelligence Committee chairman tweeted late Friday. "And, perhaps more importantly: What will be left of DOJ’s independence and reputation for impartial justice after Barr? The answer? Very little,” he added. Schiff's comments came after the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday released a legal opinion backing up Treasury's decision...