Adam Schiff, the head of the House Intelligence Committee who's been case by the administration as the ringleader of Trump's Russia critics.
The president is taking a victory lap. But in an interview this week, Schiff told reporters, "undoubtedly there is collusion." After a seemingly favorable end to the Russia probe, Donald Trump and his allies are going on the offensive, using William Barr's letter to bludgeon their opponents. At the top of their hit list? Rep.
Schiff came under fire from the President and his supporters earlier this week after the California Democrat maintained that "undoubtedly there is collusion" between the Trump campaign and Russia. Schiff's assertions counter the conclusions from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, which according to a four-page summary released by Attorney General William Barr on March 24, did not affirmatively find collusion. Now Trump's defenders are out for blood.
Sounding off on the matter in a closed-door meeting with Republicans Tuesday, Trump reportedly described the California congressman as a "pencil neck" and - weirdly - mocked his hypothetical golf skills. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Californian, called on Schiff to apologize for his previous claims that Trump colluded with the Russians in 2016 and to step down as head of the Intelligence committee. And Kellyanne Conway, one of the president's closest allies in the White House, went even further, telling Fox News this week that Schiff should resign from the House entirely.
"Little pencil neck Adam Schiff," Trump said on Thursday. "He's got the smallest, thinnest neck I've ever seen. He is not a long ball hitter."