{"id":1749978,"date":"2022-11-23T20:02:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T01:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749978"},"modified":"2022-11-23T20:03:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T01:03:04","slug":"i-blame-adam-schiff-top-republican-says-democrats-tanked-credibility-of-congressional-investigations-promises-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-blame-adam-schiff-top-republican-says-democrats-tanked-credibility-of-congressional-investigations-promises-change\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Blame Adam Schiff\u2019: Top Republican Says Democrats Tanked Credibility Of Congressional Investigations, Promises Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-blame-adam-schiff-top-republican-says-democrats-tanked-credibility-of-congressional-investigations-promises-change%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749978&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A top House Republican put the blame on Democrats for delegitimizing Congressional investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Congressman James Comer (R-KY) said in an interview with Punchbowl News Wednesday that Democrats are to blame for Congressional investigations losing their credibility. Specifically, Comer called out Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and the late Rep. Elijah Cummings for mishandling investigations and abusing subpoena power. Comer, the ranking member on the committee, is set to become the next chairman when Republicans take the House next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c I\u00a0don\u2019t believe congressional investigations have a whole lot of credibility right now,\u201d Comer told <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Punchbowl News<\/a>. \u201cI blame Adam Schiff for that. But it\u2019s also both parties to blame for investigations in the past. But I really want to change that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schiff, who currently serves on the House Intelligence Committee and the January 6th Committee, is infamous for his handling of the Russia collusion investigation and the first impeachment of former President Trump. Schiff repeatedly issued public claims that he had evidence that Trump colluded with Russia to overturn the 2016 election, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/adam-schiff-has-transcripts-from-key-witnesses-of-russia-investigation-but-wont-release-them-report-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">never released<\/a> key materials from the investigation. Earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/adam-schiff-insists-he-has-evidence-trump-was-involved-in-plot-to-overturn-election-but-wont-reveal-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this year<\/a>, Schiff made similar claims that Trump was personally involved in the effort to overturn the 2020 election, but did not reveal the evidence because he did not \u201cwant to get ahead of [the J6 Committee] hearing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comer also promised not to \u201cabuse the subpoena ability\u201d while he is chair of the Oversight Committee. Specifically, he promised not to indiscriminately send \u201csubpoenas to everyone in a presidential administration like Elijah Cummings did.\u201d Cummings served as Chair of the Oversight Committee from January 2019 until his death in October of that year. \u201cSo when you get a specific subpoena from Oversight when I\u2019m chairman, then it\u2019s going to mean something,\u201d Comer said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to be very selective in who gets subpoenas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comer also dismissed criticism that his committee would take focus off Republican legislative priorities and messaging. \u201cWell, the Oversight Committee right now is 8% of our Republican Conference,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cWe\u2019re in charge of investigations: waste, fraud and abuse. That\u2019s our job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Investigations the Republican-led committee will undertake include the origins of the COVID pandemic; fraud and abuse of the Paycheck Protection Program and pandemic-related unemployment insurance; the crisis at the southern border; and the botched American withdrawal from Afghanistan. \u201cOne of the things Republicans campaigned on was holding this administration accountable,\u201d Comer added. \u201cI\u2019m doing my role. My committee\u2019s 8% of the conference. The other 92% is going to be trying to reduce inflation, securing the border, getting crime under control, trying to change the energy policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comer also said that the Oversight Committee would open an investigation into Hunter Biden and the Biden family\u2019s business dealings. \u201c[I am] pretty confident that a majority of Americans have no idea the extent to Hunter Biden\u2019s criminal activity,\u201d said Comer, adding that he believes \u201cJoe Biden was directly involved in that.\u201d Comer previously outlined his plans at a news conference <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/this-is-an-investigation-of-joe-biden-house-gop-leaders-vow-corruption-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to be very specific on what the immediate family members [of the president] can do with respect to lobbying,\u201d Comer added. He also expressed hope for bipartisan support. \u201cThat should be something that\u2019s not partisan with the Democrats, because they\u2019ve criticized the previous president\u2019s son-in-law on some of that stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top House Republican put the blame on Democrats for delegitimizing Congressional investigations. Congressman James Comer (R-KY) said in an interview with Punchbowl News Wednesday that Democrats are to blame for Congressional investigations losing their credibility. Specifically, Comer called out Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and the late Rep. 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