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Headline Roundup March 28th, 2019

Trump and GOP Lawmakers Call On Adam Schiff To Resign

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President Trump and Republican lawmakers are calling on House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff to resign. Schiff is continuing to claim collusion even after the Mueller report found no evidence.

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House Intel Republicans call on Schiff to resign as chairman after Mueller report
House Intel Republicans call on Schiff to resign as chairman after Mueller report

NBC News Digital

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Republicans on the committee cited Schiff's claims there was evidence President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with the Russians during the 2016 race.

All nine Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee have signed a letter calling for the panel's chairman, Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, to step down, citing his claims that there was evidence that President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with the Russians during the 2016 race.

Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, introduced the scathing letter during a public committee hearing on Thursday and then read it aloud.

"Your willingness to...

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Trump, Republican lawmakers call on House intelligence chairman to resign
Trump, Republican lawmakers call on House intelligence chairman to resign

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President Donald Trump on Thursday urged House intelligence panel chairman Adam Schiff to resign, after Attorney General William Barr said Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation did not establish evidence of collusion between the 2016 election campaign and Russia.

“Congressman Adam Schiff, who spent two years knowingly and unlawfully lying and leaking, should be forced to resign from Congress!” Trump tweeted.

The tweet came as Trump’s Republican Party intensifies its counter-attack after Barr issued his summary of Mueller’s probe on Sunday. Barr’s letter to Congress did not clear Trump on the...

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Adam Schiff confronted by Republicans on House intel panel: 'No faith in your ability'
Adam Schiff confronted by Republicans on House intel panel: 'No faith in your ability'

Washington Times

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Republicans on Thursday directly confronted House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam B. Schiff for his two years of conspiracy charges against President Trump, urging him to resign because they “have no faith in your ability to discharge your duties.”

Mr. Schiff, California Democrat, defended his scores of media appearances leveling collusion charges, listing supposed inappropriate contacts. But he didn’t list any instance of Trump people coordinating in Russian election interference, as he did at a hearing on March 20, 2017.

Rep. Devin Nunes of California, the previous chairman and now...

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