Adam Schiff’s Dirty Impeachment Tactics Coming to Light

American Thinker.com ^ | April 20, 2020 | Robyn Dolgin

[Kaslin]

Rep. Adam Schiff spent months launching secret impeachment hearings, never thinking his conduct would be called into question.

He is now caught in the crosshairs of a formidable government agent, Mr. Brendan Carr, Federal Communication Commissioner. The impeachment may be over, but Mr. Carr is formally investigating Rep. Schiff for violating privacy laws -- more like obliterating ethical boundaries -- by setting up his own surveillance state to target the president’s allies.

Carr is currently uncovering the diabolical nature of the congressman’s “surveillance state.” At the time, Schiff resorted to such desperate measures because he didn’t have much of an impeachment case: Therefore, he issued secret subpoenas to phone carriers hoping to mine the private data of his political opponents, or in effect ransacking their private lives.

The objective was to obtain and publish the calls of Trump’s allies.

Much to his delight, Schiff’s subpoenas to the phone carriers resulted in their turning over nearly 4,000 pages of confidential records, in the process violating their customers’ rights to data privacy.

None of this has escaped the notice of the top gun at the FCC. Carr is proposing a $200 million fine against the phone carriers for failing to protect their customers who have a legitimate expectation of privacy.

The FCC commissioner, in reviewing the nearly 4,000 pages, had a very pointed question to ask as part of his investigative letter to the House Intelligence Committee (where Schiff serves as chairman). “Is Rep. Schiff continuing to issue secret subpoenas?” That translates to mean: Does the congressman plan to continue to run roughshod over the private lives of political opponents while employing abusive impeachment tactics?

Before the FCC stepped in, Schiff had already performed much of his cloak-and-dagger work targeting some of the president’s most ardent supporters.

[HighSierra5]

Oh I remember that doorknob head. That’s been another plus in this virus charade. Not seeing his bugeyed mug.

[AndyJackson]

Is a Congressman acting outside the discretion of his office, e.g. breaking the law, subject to a personal suit for violating civil rights of citizens.

[OKSooner]

Think how bug-eyed he’d look if he were hanged by the neck, and dead, hypothetically.

[HighSierra5]

I’d pay to see that.

[SmokingJoe]

Adam Sch*tt, transforming The USA into The USSA one illegal secret subpoena with secret hearings at a time.

[ClearCase_guy]

Somebody did something illegal.

Too bad we don’t charge people with crimes any more.

[SmokingJoe]

Hanging is too good for this evil man. Very few people in the history of America have come anywhere close to the crimes committed by Adam Schiff. And he is still walking free.

[V V Camp Enari 67-68]

Is a Congressman acting outside the discretion of his office, e.g. breaking the law, subject to a personal suit for violating civil rights of citizens.
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This is an excellent point. If it were me being violated I would definitely be looking into this.

[bert]

I hate Schiff as much as any body but is riding roughshod illegal?

The remedy proposed is fining the phone companies.

Schiff is legally untouchable but actually did nothing. His staff and the committee staff actually did the dirty deeds. Why did the FCC guy not go after the staff. Staff correspondence can be obtained from the phone companies.

[offduty]

I would imagine those whose records were obtained would have a civil case against the phone carriers. I think Schiff is only immune from libel laws if he is speaking in the well of the House. I don’t believe he is immune from criminal prosecution if the subpoenas were illegal on their face.

I also don’t think he’s immune from a Federal Civil Rights violation for improperly receiving the phone records.

I suppose the best scenario to take that pencil-necked geek down would be to file a lawsuit against the phone carriers, then ask for discovery to establish who signed off on the subpoenas and go back from there.

You would need someone like Tom Fitton and Judicial Watch to have the expertise to take on a case like this. I wonder if he’d be willing to pursue it?

[Kaslin]

I checked out the definition of riding roughshod and Merriam Webster give it as to completely ignore the rights, opinions, or feelings of others

So there you go.

[Liz]

Give Schiff a break, guys. Schiff's investigation is, of course, ”bi-partisan.”
All of our cotton-pickin' worries are o-v-e-r (snx).We’ll soon know:

<><> why Schiff set up his own surveillance state to target ONLY the president’s allies'
<><> why Democrats wasted taxpayers’ time and tax money w/ impeachment as the deadly virus raged in China;
<><> Why Schiff issued secret subpoenas to publicly-held phone carriers to ransack the private lives of their subscribers;
<><> why Schiff lasered in on obtaining (and publishing) ONLY the calls of Trump’s allies;
<><> Why publicly-held phone carriers turned over nearly 4,000 pages of confidential records, violating customers’ rights to data privacy.
<><> when Penslosi will bring a bill to Congress holding phone carriers responsible for failing to protect their customers' privacy.

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HERE'S SOME CONTACTS THE HELPFUL SCHIFF WILL, NO DOUBT, MAKE AVAILABLE:

To report wrong-doing by publicly-held companies
EMAIL enforcement@SEC.gov

Judicial Watch
425 3rd Street, SW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20024
TELE 1-888-593-8442 between 8:30am and 5:30pm EST.

Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice
How to file a complaint: https://www.justice.gov/crt/how-file-complaint

[grey_whiskers]

By your token, Hitler did nothing wrong either, it was just those nasty train conductors and prison guards.

Suck it.

[1Old Pro]

turning over nearly 4,000 pages of confidential records, in the process violating their customers’ rights to data privacy

don't worry, the government says your records are "safe" with them.

[bert]

My personal thought is why go to the trouble, expense and long time. There are easier and very permanent methods for dealing with schiff

[ModelBreaker]

“$200 million fine against the phone carriers.”

Wrong party. If a fine is assessed, it should be against Schiff.

[MrChips]

Not untouchable if he was the one who ordered his staff.

[bert]

Well the article lists specific actions that are said to be rough shodden. There is no mention of specific laws being broken.

To mention Hitler as an example is rather juvenile. There is no valid comparison between Schiff and Hitler. There are however tons of examples of individuals who tried to overthrow a government and are better historic examples

My thought is the action is part of the foreshadowing. Schiff’s day is coming

[bert]

I can not argue the point with certainty, but believe a congressman acting as a congressman is in fact untouchable

Therefore, rather than a frontal assault, a flank attack on the staff can be very effective

That is BTW the democrat tactic. They imprisoned Trump staff