Adam Schiff IS Stalin...
from link:
The show trials that took place in Stalin’s USSR had a very specific purpose for Stalin. The show trials were not held in secret but were, as their title suggests, in the open with foreign journalists invited and were there to prove to those in the USSR who were interested that ‘enemies of the state’ still existed despite the ‘Red Terror’ and that state leaders such as Stalin were at risk.
There is little doubt that those who faced a show trial were going to be found guilty and they served the main purpose of Stalin – to get rid of anyone who might be a potential rival to him as leader.
1934 Peoples trials held by Hitler are representative of this hearing. Hitler did not allow the presumption of innocence, did not allow representation, and restricted witnesses that could lead to any chance of a not guilty finding. I am not a fan of this because we all know who is next for this treatment.