Adam Schiff claims Republicans would vote to impeach Barack Obama ‘with a fraction of the evidence’

Adam Schiff insists impeachment isn’t partisan as he claims Republicans would vote to impeach Barack Obama ‘with a fraction of the evidence’ and that he would lead the charge against impeachment even if Donald Trump was a Democrat

  • House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Sunday that impeachment shouldn’t be a partisan issue
  • He slammed Republicans for not putting country ahead of party 
  • ‘I hope to hell that had this been a Democratic president, I would be among those leading the way saying we need to seriously consider impeaching this president,’ Schiff said 
  • He also said that the GOP would have voted to impeach Barack Obama with ‘a fraction of the evidence’ his committee has against Trump 
  • Donald Trump insists the impeachment inquiry is a partisan ‘witch hunt’ and denies any wrongdoing connected to the allegations against him 
  • Schiff said Democrats in the House have not yet decided if they would vote to recommend impeachment to the Senate

Adam Schiff said Sunday that the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump isn’t a partisan issue as he bashes Republicans for putting party ahead of country.

The House Intelligence Committee chairman vowed he would be a leading voice among his party for impeachment even if Trump were a Democrat.

‘I would hope that there would be Republicans who would be willing to step forward and say, ‘Whatever the political consequences–’ Schiff told CNN’s Jake Tapper on State of the Union Sunday morning. ‘If this was Barack Obama had done this, they would have voted to impeach him in a heartbeat, with a fraction of the evidence.’

‘It shouldn’t matter that this is a Republican president,’ he continued. ‘I hope to hell that had this been a Democratic president, I would be among those leading the way saying we need to seriously consider impeaching this president.’

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Sunday that impeachment shouldn’t be a partisan issue, and slammed Republicans for not putting country ahead of party

'I hope to hell that had this been a Democratic president, I would be among those leading the way saying we need to seriously consider impeaching this president,' Schiff said, attempting to exhibit the historically nonpartisan nature of impeachment

‘I hope to hell that had this been a Democratic president, I would be among those leading the way saying we need to seriously consider impeaching this president,’ Schiff said, attempting to exhibit the historically nonpartisan nature of impeachment

Schiff is leading the impeachment inquiry into the president, as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. He said he is unsure after two weeks of public testimony of witnesses connected to the allegations if the House will vote to recommend impeachment to the Senate.

Trump has made Schiff, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who announced the launch of impeachment investigations in September, the focus of his recent criticism.

He claims the impeachment proceedings are a partisan ‘witch hunt,’ and insists his conduct regarding correspondence with his Ukrainian counterpart was ‘perfect.’ 

‘Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, AOC and the rest of the Democrats are not getting important legislation done, hence, the Do Nothing Democrats,’ Trump tweeted Sunday. ‘USMCA, National Defense Authorization Act, Gun Safety, Prescription Drug Prices, & Infrastructure are dead in the water because of the Dems!’

The impeachment inquiry stems from a whistle-blower report, filed in August and publicized in September, that alleges Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was improper.

Trump denies any wrongdoing and has released a transcript of the July call and one prior to that.

Donald Trump insists the impeachment inquiry is a partisan 'witch hunt' and denies any wrongdoing connected to the allegations against him

Donald Trump insists the impeachment inquiry is a partisan ‘witch hunt’ and denies any wrongdoing connected to the allegations against him

The transcript of the July 25 call revealed that Trump asked Zelensky to investigate political rival and former Vice President Joe Biden and his son’s business dealings there.

Democrats insist this, and witness testimony, proves the president set a quid pro quo with Ukraine with millions in military assistance being dependent on an announcement of the investigation.

Others insist that quid pro quo was that Trump would hold a White House meeting with the new Ukrainian president upon announcement of a probe into the Bidens.

During U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland’s testimony on Wednesday, the diplomat concisely said there was a quid pro quo, detailing the second instance.

‘Well, I certainly think that he’s committed the most grievous misconduct,’ Schiff said in reference to Trump asking a foreign government to look into a political rival. ‘I have no illusions about Donald Trump doing what’s right for the country, or what’s best for the country. That’s never where he’s coming from.’

Trump insists he was asking Ukraine for help to look into corruption stemming from the U.S., but Democrats counter that he was trying to dig up dirt on a political rival to help his chances in the 2020 elections.

Hunter Biden accepted a board position with Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings in 2014, while his father was still vice president. He stepped down earlier this year. 

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