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April 10, 2020

Dem leaders condemn Trump's 'assault' on IGs, seek new law to protect them

The Democrat leaders of the House's major committees Friday blasted President Trump's continued "assault" against independent inspectors general and proposed new legislation to prevent Trump from retaliating against them.  

April 10, 2020

Schiff, Feinstein, Harris formally propose 9/11-style commission to probe coronavirus response

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris announced legislation Friday that would create a bipartisan 9/11-style commission to probe the federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.

April 9, 2020

Barr says Trump was right to fire intel watchdog, calls Russia probe 'one of the greatest travesties'

Attorney General William Barr told Fox News' Laura Ingraham in an exclusive interview airing Thursday that President Trump "did the right thing" to dismiss Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson, who alerted Congress about Trump's July 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which led to the president's impeachment.

April 8, 2020

Grenell hits back at Schiff, says he is 'politicizing' intel community by leaking to press

Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell accused House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff late Tuesday of “politicizing” the intelligence community by leaking concerns about personnel changes to the press.

April 5, 2020

Mark Levin: Schumer 'banged pots and pans' about impeachment witnesses while coronavirus spread

Mark Levin slammed Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., for being more focused on impeaching President Trump than using their congressional powers to prepare for the growing coronavirus pandemic.

April 3, 2020

Andrew McCarthy: Coronavirus '9/11 Commission' is a political boondoggle. Don't let Congress pass the buck

Do we really think Congress is up to impeaching a president, and up to enacting emergency disaster legislation but needs a 9/11 Commission-style panel to investigate whether President Trump and his subordinates bungled COVID-19?

April 3, 2020

Schiff proposes coronavirus commission, with subpoena power, to probe pandemic response

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff on Friday publicly proposed the establishment of a bipartisan commission, with subpoena power, to investigate the response to the coronavirus pandemic by the Trump administration and other levels of government. 

April 2, 2020

Pelosi creates new House committee with subpoena power for coronavirus oversight

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday she's creating a new House committee to oversee the coronavirus response that will have subpoena power to seek information from the Trump administration. 

April 2, 2020

Doug Collins rips Schiff's call for coronavirus response commission: He was distracted by impeachment

Now is not the time for Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., to push for an independent commission to investigate the federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, Georgia Republican Congressman Doug Collins asserted Thursday. 

April 1, 2020

Schiff already calling for 9/11-style commission on coronavirus response; Nunes decries 'stunt'

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who a little over two months ago led Democrats’ prosecution in President Trump’s impeachment trial following an extensive investigation, is working to launch a new review concerning the administration’s actions -- this time calling for a nonpartisan commission on the government's coronavirus response.