Rep. Adam Schiff, the top House Democratic investigator in the Russia scandal, took out Trump after he falsely tried to blame Obama for not starting an investigation into the Russia scandal before the election.
Trump tweeted:
Why did the Obama Administration start an investigation into the Trump Campaign (with zero proof of wrongdoing) long before the Election in November? Wanted to discredit so Crooked H would win. Unprecedented. Bigger than Watergate! Plus, Obama did NOTHING about Russian meddling.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2018
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Schiff replied:
No, Mr. President. The FBI investigation began when it was discovered that the Russians had secret discussions with your foreign policy advisor about dissemination of stolen Clinton emails.
And how can you criticize Obama for not doing more, when you do absolutely nothing? https://t.co/q93F3FM69Q
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) March 5, 2018
Rep. Schiff asked the perfect question. Why is Trump blaming Obama for not doing enough when he hasn’t done anything? Donald Trump has done literally nothing to punish the Russians and stop them from interfering in future elections. Trump’s tweet was a distraction tactic. When anything goes wrong, or Trump is getting blamed his go-to move is to claim that he inherited the problem from Obama.
Trump is trying to argue that he “inherited” the Russia scandal from Obama and that it is really Obama’s fault that Russia interfered to help him win the White House. It is an argument that is ridiculous on its face, and flat-out delusional beneath the surface.
If Democrats win back the House, Adam Schiff is going to be in charge of the Russia investigation, and the message that he was sending was that he isn’t going to be played with or distracted. Schiff knows where to look, and the former prosecutor will be zeroing in on the man in the Oval Office to get to the bottom of what happened in the 2016 election.
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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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