Adam Schiff: Trump Risks ‘Irrevocably’ Altering Balance of Power

Adam Schiff: Trump Risks ‘Irrevocably’ Altering Balance of Power
(L) President Donald Trump at a rally at the Civic Center in Monroe, Louisiana on Nov. 6, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images). (R) U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, Democrat of California and the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence speaks to the press on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 4, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) issued the opening statement on the impeachment inquiry President Donald Trump is risking altering the balance of power in the government.

“If the president can simply refuse all oversight, particularly in the context of an impeachment proceeding, the balance of power between our two branches of government will be irrevocably altered,” Schiff said Wednesday in his opening statement.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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