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‘Arrest for treason?’ Trump blasts Adam Schiff again for ‘FAKE & terrible’ statement on Ukraine call | ‘Arrest for treason?’ Trump blasts Adam Schiff again for ‘FAKE & terrible’ statement on Ukraine call |
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US President Donald Trump has suggested that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff should be arrested for “treason” for reading a “fake” statement about his call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. | US President Donald Trump has suggested that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff should be arrested for “treason” for reading a “fake” statement about his call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. |
Trump blasted Schiff amid a fresh batch of tweets early Monday, saying that he “illegally made up a FAKE & terrible” statement, pretending it was the words the US president had said on his controversial call with Zelensky. | Trump blasted Schiff amid a fresh batch of tweets early Monday, saying that he “illegally made up a FAKE & terrible” statement, pretending it was the words the US president had said on his controversial call with Zelensky. |
Schiff read his own “parody” interpretation of the call during a congressional hearing last week, prompting outrage from the president and other Republicans.“It bore NO relationship to what I said on the call. Arrest for Treason?” Trump wrote. | Schiff read his own “parody” interpretation of the call during a congressional hearing last week, prompting outrage from the president and other Republicans.“It bore NO relationship to what I said on the call. Arrest for Treason?” Trump wrote. |
The latter previously tweeted that Schiff should be investigated “at the highest level” and said he deserved a chance to “meet his accuser.” | The latter previously tweeted that Schiff should be investigated “at the highest level” and said he deserved a chance to “meet his accuser.” |
Democrats have accused Trump of pressuring the Ukrainian leader to investigate former VP Joe Biden after he allegedly interfered in a corruption investigation into a Ukrainian company that his son Hunter worked for. | Democrats have accused Trump of pressuring the Ukrainian leader to investigate former VP Joe Biden after he allegedly interfered in a corruption investigation into a Ukrainian company that his son Hunter worked for. |
Schiff has been known to dramatize Trump's alleged wrongdoings, even claiming during the years-long Russiagate investigation that he had personally seen evidence that the president had “colluded” with Russia to win the 2016 election. | Schiff has been known to dramatize Trump's alleged wrongdoings, even claiming during the years-long Russiagate investigation that he had personally seen evidence that the president had “colluded” with Russia to win the 2016 election. |
The Russiagate narrative fizzled out, however, after the official probe into Trump's relationship with Russia turned up no actual evidence of collusion. | The Russiagate narrative fizzled out, however, after the official probe into Trump's relationship with Russia turned up no actual evidence of collusion. |
Democrats have used Trump’s call with Zelensky to launch an impeachment inquiry, arguing that the president was offering the Ukrainian leader a quid pro quo, more US military aid in return for a probe into Biden and his family. However, a transcript of the call, which the White House released last week, does not explicitly prove Trump made military aid dependent on investigating Biden. | |
The controversy was set in motion earlier this month after a “whistleblower” came forward with an “urgent concern” that Trump had acted inappropriately during the call with Zelensky. | |
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