Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., should dump Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
Chaffetz made his remarks in a Thursday column posted on the Fox News website.
"Once again, the rhetoric from House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, has been discredited by facts," he said. "With the release of the rough transcript of the July 25 call between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and President (Donald) Trump, Schiff's prediction that it would show Trump had 'crossed the Rubicon' has failed to materialize.
"There was no quid pro quo – no 'browbeating' of a foreign leader. Just two heads of state talking about Ukraine's role in 2016 U.S. election interference and discussing getting to the bottom of the corruption that has spilled over between the two countries."
Chaffetz claimed Schiff has a history of "deliberately distorting the truth" and "secretly disclosing classified information." He maintained Schiff has proven he cannot be trusted.
"At this point, I'm not sure Schiff could even pass the background check to receive a security clearance if he didn't already have one," he said.
And he maintained: "If House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., wants to restore trust in the important Intelligence Committee, she should replace Schiff with a more trustworthy, less partisan chairman. No one who is aware of Schiff's history would want to entrust him with sensitive information."
He said Pelosi should "act now to restore the integrity" of the committee.
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