Adam Schiff: Expect Impeachment Inquiry Transcripts Release Next Week | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Rep. Adam Schiff, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about the next steps in the Donald Trump impeachment inquiry, and flags that he expects transcripts of witness depositions to be released as soon as next week. Aired on 10/31/19.

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[martinmbokazi]

If it was a perfect call, why does the White House block witnesses to appear before congress ?

[nwochina]

A coverup is when you try to hide wrong-doing. It's that simple.

[patchworkgirl]

Keep up the good work, Congressman Schiff, and Rachel too. 🖒

[gladyslustgirdle]

And If the notes were so readily moved to the secret server in this instance, such actions must have been undertaken before!

[triggerfish]

I dearly hope they supeana John Bolton...that testimony may be quite spectacular.

[ziqi]

To this day, it fascinates me how Trump, for all of his incompetence and obvious criminal behavior, is able to easily convince people to work for him, and be loyal to him alone. Truly, a master manipulator equal to the likes of Charles Manson and Jim Jones.

[bellashegitu]

If they don't show up, lock them up!

[harryberry]

Why are they using words like "wrong", "improper", "misconduct", how about the words illegal or lawbreaking activity?
Stop the dancing around. trump broke the law, period.

[threeems]

Adam Schiff fills me with confidence that America, the entire continent, will observe how a man of great integrity and discipline operates. He is intelligent, stable and coherent. Presidential material for sure.

[caspianblue]

*I like Presidents who do not assault our constitution and our rules of law!!*

[fabigrossi]

The trump fan club and the bots and trolls sound increasingly desperate and whiny. Nice.

[DavidJ]

In the late 80s and early 90s as a District Attorney in Cali, Adam Schiff successfully prosecuted the case of a Russian spy named Svetlana Ogorodonikov, and an FBI agent named Richard W. Miller, who was seduced by Svetlana Ogorodnikov, and agreed to sell classified information to the Soviet government. Eventually, this man—Richard W. Miller, a 47-year-old Los Angeles-based counterintelligence agent on the Bureau’s Soviet squad—would become the first FBI agent ever convicted of espionage.

Agent Miller would  eventually agree to turnover highly classified information to the Russians for large sums of money. It took Schiff 3 trails, and 6 years, but he eventually won the conviction against Agent Miller and the Russian spy, and they were both sent to prison.

During that long 6 years, Schiff stated that he learned a lot about Russian tradecraft: how the Russians operate, who they target, and the vulnerabilities they look for. During his work on the case, Schiff was also in frequent contact with FBI agents investigating Miller—giving the future congressman an intimate look at, and respect for, the Bureau’s counterintelligence mission...

[djmartin]

Compared to Trump, Nixon look like a choir boy.

[deepattison]

So Eisenberg should also be charged with Obstruction of Justice?

[GiotheGhreat]

"It was a perfect call" yeah perfectly WRONG!

[whybutwhy]

If he did nothing wrong then why are they trying to hide it

[gagatube]

Can I ask the investigative journalists out there - Is there any sensible reason why the White House is not *recording* calls made by the President to foreign leaders? I understand people taking notes is valuable and clarifies the content, but this pencil-and-paper transcript business seems ludicrously out-dated to me. No recording, seriously?

[ghostnotes]

Trump and the Republicans who accept soft money need to go! Our country should not be for sale to the highest bidder!

[jona]

Good going Mr. Schiff! Thanks for standing behind Americans!

[furball]

Huge respect for Schiff! He speaks very well, speaks clearly and coherently, an honorable man.The greater the criticism by the right, signals Adam Schiffs even better job! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 I wish I could add more thumbs up.