{"id":1824598,"date":"2023-01-26T09:50:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T14:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1824598"},"modified":"2023-01-26T09:53:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T14:53:14","slug":"mike-pompeo-blasts-high-profile-democrat-leaker-adam-schiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-pompeo-blasts-high-profile-democrat-leaker-adam-schiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Pompeo Blasts High-profile Democrat \u201cLeaker\u201d Adam Schiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fmike-pompeo-blasts-high-profile-democrat-leaker-adam-schiff%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=1824598&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-->\n<p class=\"speakable\">Mike Pompeo, former Secretary of State and Director of the CIA, criticized Rep. Adam Schiff (California), after the prominent Democrat was formally recognized. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mccarthy-confirms-that-schiff-swalwell-omar-will-lose-committee-seats-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">removed from his seat on the Intelligence Committee.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Pompeo served as a Kansas congressman on the committee and said House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R.Calif. was an honorable member. &#8220;exactly right&#8221; To remove Schiff.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/mccarthy-tussles-reporter-intel-committee-removals-not-briefing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">removed Schiff and Rep. Eric Swalwell<\/a>, D-Calif., from the committee Tuesday, specifically pointing to Schiff\u2019s repeated lies to the public. McCarthy also removed Rep. Ilhanomar, D.Minn., form the Foreign Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo however took issue with Schiff&#8217;s conduct and suggested that he should be. &#8220;nowhere near&#8221; Classified information\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-speaker-mccarthy-rejects-jeffries-demand-reappoint-schiff-swalwell-intelligence-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOUSE SPEAKER MCCARTHY REJECTS JEFFRIES&#8217; DEMAND TO REAPPOINT SCHIFF, SWALWELL TO INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Adam Schiff lied to the American people,&#8221; Pompeo spoke Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/shows\/outnumbered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Outnumbered.&#8221;<\/a> &#8220;During my time as CIA director and secretary of state, I know that he leaked classified information that had been provided to him.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo stated to panelists Schiff was almost his. &#8220;ruined&#8221; The committee during his time as chair.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/640\/320\/Schiff-Omar-Swalwell-Split.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"From left: Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.; and Eric Swalwell, D-Calif.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n From left: Representatives Adam Schiff (D-Calif.); Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.); and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ousted were announced Wednesday at a press conference <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/schiff-swalwell-omar-respond-speaker-mccarthy-keeps-them-off-committees-political-vengeance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats called their removal an act of &#8220;revenge&#8221;<\/a> And an &#8220;unfair smear.&#8221; But Pompeo said Schiff couldn\u2019t be trusted on the committee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we provided information to him and to his staff, it ended up in places it shouldn&#8217;t have been with alarming regularity,&#8221; Pompeo explained. &#8220;In the end, I decided, I held back information from them as a result.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/twitter-users-dunk-rep-adam-schiff-booted-intelligence-committee-lying-leaking-clown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TWITTER USERS DUNK ON REP. ADAM SCHIFF AFTER HE IS BOOTED FROM INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE: \u2018LYING, LEAKING CLOWN\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though it was Pompeo\u2019s responsibility as secretary of state to work with members of the House, he said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/adam-schiff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schiff\u2019s behavior was &#8220;troubling&#8221;<\/a> and didn\u2019t feel comfortable providing information.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo stated that House members have a responsibility for protecting sensitive information and a duty to keep it in the correct places. Pompeo noted that Schiff instead chose to spread unfounded political talk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I watched the House Intelligence Committee under the leadership of Adam Schiff. I watched him denigrate and lower its ability to actually perform its function. When he was out talking about the Russia hoax, going on to say that the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation, knowing that it almost certainly was not,&#8221; Pompeo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s indecent and dangerous, and it affects every American.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p>Amy Nelson is a producer at Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Pompeo, former Secretary of State and Director of the CIA, criticized Rep. Adam Schiff (California), after the prominent Democrat was formally recognized. removed from his seat on the Intelligence Committee.\u00a0 Pompeo served as a Kansas congressman on the committee and said House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R.Calif. was an honorable member. &#8220;exactly right&#8221; To remove &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1823090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5156,3675,4912,11405,11004,4301,7882,5159],"class_list":["post-1824598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-adam","tag-blasts","tag-democrat","tag-high-profile","tag-leaker","tag-mike","tag-pompeo","tag-schiff"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1824598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1823090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1824598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1824598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1824598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}