WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday lashed out at House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who has announced the panel will look into the president’s dealings with Russia, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting Trump’s tweet.
Schiff “is going to be looking at every aspect of my life, both financial and personal, even though there is no reason to be doing so,” Trump tweeted Thursday morning.
“Never happened before! Unlimited Presidential Harassment.”
The president accused Democrats and the congressional panels they are leading of “going nuts”, complaining that “there would be no time left to run government”.
Schiff said Wednesday his committee’s investigation would include a continued probe into Russia’s alleged role during the 2016 US presidential election and contacts between Moscow and the Trump campaign.
The investigation, added the California Democrat, would also examine “whether any foreign actor has sought to compromise or holds leverage financial or otherwise, over Donald Trump, his family, his business, or his associates”.
That would move forward with the Russia probe led by special counsel Robert Mueller, whose investigation is known to have focused on the Trump team’s Russian contacts and whether the president obstructed justice.
Mueller’s team has so far indicted or gotten guilty pleas from 34 people, including six former Trump associates and over two dozen Russian nationals, as well as three Russian entities.
Trump has repeatedly dismissed any collusion between his campaign and Moscow, while slamming the Mueller probe as a “hoax” or “witch hunt”. – Bernama
