12.13.18
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TURNING<br />
THE TABLES<br />
REP. ADAM SCHIFF, INCOMING CHAIR OF THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE,<br />
DISCUSSES THE DEMOCRATS’ PLANS ONCE THEY TAKE CONTROL OF<br />
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NEXT MONTH<br />
BY JUSTIN CHAPMAN<br />
President Donald Trump’s political life will drastically<br />
change come Jan. 3 when Democrats take control of the<br />
House of Representatives in the 116th Congress. Rep. Adam<br />
Schiff (D-Burbank), whose district includes part of Pasadena,<br />
will become the chair of the House Intelligence Committee.<br />
A former federal prosecutor, Schiff has vowed to follow<br />
up on the leads in the Russia investigation that Republicans<br />
ignored when they were the majority in the House.<br />
The day after the election, Trump essentially fired Attorney<br />
General Jeff Sessions and replaced him with loyalist<br />
Matt Whitaker, who has criticized Special Counsel<br />
Robert Mueller’s investigation. Schiff called Whitaker<br />
“Trump’s Roy Cohn,” a reference to the combative lawyer<br />
for both Sen. Joseph McCarthy during the communist<br />
witch hunts of the 1950s, and for Trump in the 1970s.<br />
Schiff wrote in a Washington Post op-ed on Nov. 12 that<br />
Whitaker’s appointment “represents the president’s most<br />
direct challenge yet to the rule of law. The new Democratic<br />
majority will protect the special counsel and the<br />
integrity of the Justice Department.”<br />
CONTINUED ON PAGE 12<br />
10 PASADENA WEEKLY | <strong>12.13.18</strong>
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