Schiff Grilled Over Avoiding J6 Witnesses

CNN anchor Dana Bash grilled January 6th Committee member and Congressman Adam Schiff (D‑CA) during a Sunday morning interview, asking him directly why the committee had not publicly interviewed any witnesses who might “challenge” the narrative.

Bash spoke to Schiff about the ongoing public committee hearings on “State of the Union,” pressing him several times — to no avail — to reveal the evidence he claimed to have that former President Donald Trump had been involved in plans to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

WATCH: Dana Bash grills Rep. Adam Schiff over not calling witnesses who “challenge” the Democrat narrative in #January6thHearings: “Is that intentional because you don’t want to deviate from the story line that you’re trying to present to the public?”

Dana Bash grills Rep. Adam Schiff over not calling witnesses who “challenge” the Democrat narrative in #January6thHearings: “Is that intentional because you don’t want to deviate from the story line that you’re trying to present to the public?” pic.twitter.com/eTHADQdGwq

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Bash pressed Schiff on what might come next if such evidence should come to light, asking, “Have you seen evidence that the Justice Department has already opened an investigation into the former president?”Schiff said that nothing in the public record indicated the Justice Department had begun to move in that direction. “I have not seen, for example, grand juries convene in places they would be convened,” he explained.“You’ve been critical of the Justice Department for moving slowly. If you’ve done so much work, why not help them out?” Bash continued, asking why the January 6th Committee would not pass anything they discovered directly on to the DOJ.“Well, you know, we certainly will help them. We want them to particularize what they’re asking for and it’s our intention when we conclude the investigation to make public our findings in great detail,” Schiff replied …

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