Adam Schiff, chairman of the House intelligence committee, is leading the impeachment inquiry like the prosecutor he once was, staging a grand jury-like process that fellow Democrats defend and Republicans loathe.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, of Calif., speaks to the media as he returns to a closed door meeting where Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, testifies as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019.
Schiff, the chairman of the House intelligence committee, is leading the probe at the direction of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and proceeding like the prosecutor he once was, staging a grand jury-like process that has been pilloried by Republicans. As Schiff works behind closed doors to build the case, Republicans accuse Democrats of waging an unfair — and according to the White House, illegitimate — investigation. But Schiff says the House has few other choices than to build the case on its own.
Cleaver said officials caught up in the Ukraine probe “ought to be thankful we have to use our own investigators. If we had the use of the FBI, things would be turning up daily. Something happens when the FBI shows up.” Richard Ben-Veniste, a former Watergate prosecutor, said it’s a “target rich environment for the investigation of misdeeds by the president.” He expects the probe being conducted by the House committees will eventually result in articles of impeachment against Trump.
Lawmakers are adapting to their role. Democratic Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the delegate from Washington, D.C., said she has been listening intently to the testimony.
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