Posted on 02/23/2020 12:10:38 PM PST by Mariner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Representative Adam Schiff of leaking classified information on Russian interference in the 2020 U.S. election to hurt Democratic presidential front-runner Bernie Sanders.
Speaking to reporters as he left the White House for a trip to India, Trump said he had not been briefed on intelligence that Russia was aiming to boost the campaign of Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, and he called for a probe into Schiff for the leak. Schiff, a Democrat, denied the allegation.
A congressional source told Reuters on Friday that intelligence officials had told lawmakers Russia appears to be engaging in disinformation and propaganda campaigns to help both Sanders and Trump, who is seeking re-election.
"I read where Russia is helping Bernie Sanders. Nobody said it to me at all. Nobody briefed me about that at all," Trump said.
"They leaked it, Adam Schiff and his group. They leaked it to the papers and - as usual - they ought to investigate Adam Schiff for leaking that information," Trump said, without providing any evidence to back up his claims.
Schiff, who served as the lead prosecutor in Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate, said Trump was seeking to turn attention away from his own actions with the comments.
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Keep squeezin’ those pearls!!
I hope to God people on Trump’s team are smarter than you and don’t underestimate the enemy.
It's weird, because Schiff *has* no intelligence. BTW, I'm typing this *before* actually visiting this topic. [blush]
Never a good idea to underestimate any opponent in an upcoming fight, be it boxing, wrestling or more especially a presidential election. The country is to evenly divided to take that chance.
Having said that, Trump will win barring any major calamity.
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LOL ....... Bernie tried a little carpentry in his hippie days in the late 60's, early 70's. People who knew him then said Bernie was never going to make any money being a carpenter.
Bernie’s old sugarhouse out in the upper woods of Vermont
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