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16. Schiff: If Trump Fired Special Counsel, It Would Be The Last Straw For Congress
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 08:33 AM
Jun 2017

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, said on Tuesday that Congress would not sit by if President Donald Trump decided to fire the special counsel leading the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Schiff said such a decision would have “echoes of Watergate,” when former President Richard Nixon ordered the termination of special prosecutor Archibald Cox.

“I don’t think that Congress would sit still and allow the President to pick his own investigator,” Schiff said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

Schiff said he hopes it “would be the last straw” for many Republicans in Congress who have “stayed their hand and not been willing to speak out” against Trump’s decisions.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/adam-schiff-trump-firing-mueller-last-straw

All hell will break loose. Elwood P Dowd Jun 2017 #1
The IC Crowd are the ones who Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #2
...and with a little help from NY AG Eric Schneiderman, this failing loser and his "satellites" Leghorn21 Jun 2017 #3
exactly bdamomma Jun 2017 #4
Still remember 1963. Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #5
1963??? bdamomma Jun 2017 #6
Kennedy was shot in Dallas in 1963. davsand Jun 2017 #11
I understand bdamomma Jun 2017 #12
That one doesn't need explaining. roamer65 Jun 2017 #8
nonsense JenniferJuniper Jun 2017 #10
People should be in the fucking streets Salviati Jun 2017 #7
They'll just appoint another one. McCamy Taylor Jun 2017 #9
This has 2631 Facbook "shares" on Kos right now: Tom Rinaldo Jun 2017 #13
Now at 3532 Facebook "shares" and counting... Tom Rinaldo Jun 2017 #14
The people will speak. dalton99a Jun 2017 #15
Schiff: If Trump Fired Special Counsel, It Would Be The Last Straw For Congress spanone Jun 2017 #16
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