Adam Schiff: ‘Any Effort’ By Pompeo or Trump to ‘Interfere’ Will be ‘Considered as Evidence of Obstruction’
Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff has said that any attempt to interfere with Congress’ impeachment inquiry will be considered obstruction. Speaking at a join press conference with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, the Democrat addressed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s apparent attempt to prevent State Department officials testifying.
“Any effort by [Secretary of State Pompeo] or by the President or anyone else to interfere with the Congress’ ability to call before it relevant witnesses will be considered as evidence of obstruction,” Schiff said at what was an otherwise largely uneventful press conference.
Schiff’s comments come as the State Department Inspector General sought an urgent meeting with congressional committees on Wednesday. The topic of the meeting has not yet been disclosed.
Chairman Schiff: "Any effort by [Pompeo] or by the president or anyone else to interfere with the Congress' ability to call before it relevant witnesses will be considered as evidence of obstruction."
Via ABC pic.twitter.com/E8fjgLZgzd— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 2, 2019
President Donald Trump was watching the live press conference and tweeting about it. Unsurprisingly, he was critical of Schiff and Pelosi and again argued that House Democrats should not be trying to impeach him.
The Do Nothing Democrats should be focused on building up our Country, not wasting everyone’s time and energy on BULLSHIT, which is what they have been doing ever since I got overwhelmingly elected in 2016, 223-306. Get a better candidate this time, you’ll need it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2019
“All of this impeachment nonsense, which is going nowhere, is driving the Stock Market, and your 401K’s, down. But that is exactly what the Democrats want to do. They are willing to hurt the Country, with only the 2020 Election in mind!” Trump tweeted.
He also took time to demean Schiff and praise Pompeo, who may come into direct conflict if the Secretary of State tries to prevent witnesses appearing before congressional committees.
Adam Schiff should only be so lucky to have the brains, honor and strength of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. For a lowlife like Schiff, who completely fabricated my words and read them to Congress as though they were said by me, to demean a First in Class at West Point, is SAD!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2019
Watch Schiff’s comments above, via Twitter/ABC.
