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Embattled Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., found himself in the center of a political storm as documents recently surfaced, revealing that he has maintained a residence in Maryland for more than a decade while representing California’s 21st district. Mortgage records and financial disclosures obtained by CNN indicated that Schiff claimed a 3,420-square-foot property in Maryland as his primary residence, alongside a smaller 650-square-foot condo in Burbank, California. The documents, however, also uncovered his alleged utilization of the California address to mitigate a substantial $7,000 tax bill. The timing of this bombshell comes as Schiff seeks the vacant U.S. Senate seat in...

Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that he believed House Republicans were peddling falsehoods that are “putting people’s lives at risk.” Discussing Attorney General Merrick Garland’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, anchor Nicolle Wallace said, “You’re someone who has been targeted by Donald Trump. I won’t repeat, but I remember some of the harsh and brutal and personal insults and attacks against you, and I wonder what you thought, if that was triggering or if you have words of wisdom for this DOJ workforce and FBI workforce now under unprecedented threat.

Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot had “ample evidence of criminality” by former President Donald Trump. Schiff said, “I can say say that any of the players who were involved in the bogus litigation involve in discussions at the White House whether voting machines ought to be seized or what the authority was or the declaration or martial law, you know, we want to bring them all in. Obviously, I think Mr. Giuliani is a person who will have a great deal of relevant...

Tuesday on “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) echoed concerns about the Nord Stream 2 pipeline’s role in the ongoing tension between Russia and Ukraine. Schiff said it was a “concern” that the pipeline would cause Europe to depend on Russia, which he argued strengthened Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “position geopolitically and strategically.”

Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” that he was not surprised that the Trump organization was part of an indictment because he said former President Donald Trump was a “grifter from start to finish.” Discussing reports the indictments will be announced Thursday, Schiff said, “I will be looking for what kind of evidence is indicated in the indictments, how specific they are. But, look, I think this is not uncommon at all. It may be a very narrow indictment. It may be just the opening salvo in terms of...

Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead House impeachment manager, warned on Monday that if President Trump's dealings with Ukraine are not impeachable offenses, then nothing would stand in his way from attempting bolder power grabs -- going so far to claim Trump could use Alaska as a bargaining chip with "the Russians" for support in 2020. (((SNIP))) "If abuse of power is not impeachable ... Trump could offer Alaska to the Russians in exchange for support in the next election or decide to move to Mar-a-Lago permanently and let Jared Kushner run the country, delegating to him the decision whether to...

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) said House Intel Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) wants to impeach President Donald Trump behind closed doors in an interview Monday with FOX Business Network's Maria Bartiromo on 'Mornings With Maria.' "Well, this is part of Adam Schiff's -- it's like a kangaroo court he set up, but they've got this shroud of secrecy, where they want to drip out things that they want to allude to, they make false accusations to try to," Scalise said. "And so, why Adam Schiff continues to hide in secret the Volker testimony, he was already starting to...

It's hard to believe, but that's what we're hearing from Capitol Hill. A resolution has been proposed in the House of Representatives that condemns Iran for the seizure of British sailors and marines, expresses support for our British allies. It's hard to see anything controversial in that. But apparently, the resolution has languished all week while Pelosi refuses to allow it to come to the floor. Earlier today, Congressman Eric Cantor wrote the following letter to Pelosi: Dear Madam Speaker: Fifteen kidnapped British marines and sailors recently became the latest victims of a systematic Iranian campaign of terror and international...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 11, 2006 CONTACT: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider 202-226-7616 Pelosi: ‘Democrats Have Long Fought for Middle-Income Tax Cuts’ Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on President Bush’s comments on Leader Pelosi during his press conference at the White House: “President Bush and his Rubber Stamp Republican Congress can’t seem to grasp that Democrats have long fought for middle-income tax cuts. This is in stark contrast to the Republican tax breaks for the super rich that have led to a budget that is grossly out of balance and a national debt that...

Nancy Pelosi: Then and Now In an October 5 presentation to students at Georgetown University, House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi intoned that “There are many bad things that can be said about Congress. But the fact that the Republican leadership in this Congress chose to protect Mark Foley for political reasons, rather than to protect the children, cannot go without some taking on of responsibility." She then called on the House Ethics Committee to subject the matter to harsh scrutiny, insisting that members with knowledge of the matter must testify under oath. Flashback to July 27, 1990. The House of...

Seeking to choke off a Republican rallying cry, the House's top Democrat has told colleagues that the party will not seek to impeach President Bush even if it gains control of the House in November's elections, her office said last night. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) told her caucus members during their weekly closed meeting Wednesday "that impeachment is off the table; she is not interested in pursuing it," spokesman Brendan Daly said. Some House Democrats, including ranking Judiciary Committee member John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, have called for impeachment hearings into allegations that Bush misled the nation about Iraq's...

theory it will put Chicago to sleep; in reality it will sink the economy. The ballroom was packed with a who’s who of business when Sen. Hillary Clinton addressed the Chicago Economic Club last week. No doubt about it, this was the address of a presidential hopeful. But unfortunately for Mrs. Clinton, the eyelids grew heavy as she droned on and on. Sleep, it seems, was the better option to suffering through this odd and curious presentation. On the one hand Clinton acknowledged a growing economy, a stock market at historic highs, strong productivity and profits, and low unemployment, while...

Pelosi Statement on President’s Comments on Raid on Student Aid Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to President Bush’s claim during a question and answer session following his speech at Kansas State University that student aid is not being cut: “President Bush’s comments today clearly show how out of touch he is with the needs of America’s students. In their budget, President Bush and Congressional Republicans have once again put the special interests ahead of our nation’s future by raiding student aid with a $12.7 billion cut. Increasing the cost of...

Washington -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco called Thursday for the dormant House Ethics Committee to open investigations of several members tied to lobbyist Jack Abramoff, including two Northern California Republicans, Rep. Richard Pombo of Tracy and Rep. John Doolittle of Rocklin (Placer County). In a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., Pelosi also called for Congress to pass sweeping lobbying reform legislation after it returns late this month. She also called for the House to change the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, and to repeal oil and gas industry tax breaks and liability protection for...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2006 CONTACT: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider 202-226-7616 'It is Critical That Congress Act Immediately to Address the Systemic Republican Culture of Corruption' Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter to Speaker Hastert yesterday afternoon urging him to take action to address the Republican culture of corruption that has pervaded the House by passing real lobbying reform, addressing Republican ethical abuses, and ensuring checks and balances in the legislative process. Below is the text of the letter: January 11, 2006 The Honorable J Dennis Hastert Speaker United States House of Representatives H-232,...

Comedian and “Air America” radio host Al Franken was on NBC’s “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” last night, and took the opportunity to defame all three of America’s leading conservative media personalities. First, O’Brien set him up nicely by asking: “I’m curious. How do your books sell compared to say the books by you know, Rush Limbaugh or O’Reilly? The books from the right, 'cause I know those, those are popular books, too.” Franken’s response: “The books from the right do okay. Uh, Rush hasn’t had a book in a long time. I think he had a, uh, drug problem,...

2008 presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has failed in her first major foreign initiative - a high profile bid to bring the 2012 Olympic games to New York City. Hours before this morning's announcement that London would host the 2012 games, Clinton was pulling out all the stops to bring the sports extravaganza to her constituents back home. Mrs. Clinton told reporters in Singapore, where the Olympic committee was meeting, that the Big Apple "exemplifies Olympic values every single day. Living in New York is like living in an Olympic Village - you have every language from every corner of the...

Run away bride Jennifer Wilbanks' twin brother said he had a "gut feeling" his sister was never in danger when she disappeared four days before she was scheduled to be married. In an exclusive interview, Matthew Wilbanks, 32, spoke for the first time about his sister. He said: * Her years-long habit of stealing was "inexcusable." * His sister knew exactly what to do to make her faked abduction appear frighteningly real. * She was always the wild twin. * And she comes from a loving family. -snip- Jennifer had an addiction to plastic surgery — proudly displaying her breast...

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer and Ways and Means Committee Democrats Charles Rangel of New York, Sander Levin of Michigan, and John Tanner of Tennessee this morning at a news conference to discuss the latest Republican plan to privatize Social Security. Below are Pelosi's remarks: "Good morning. Before we begin on the subject of Social Security, I want to extend the condolences of the entire House Democratic Caucus, and indeed I'm sure every Member of Congress, to the families and friends of the eight Marines that were killed in and around Fallujah in the last...