Rep. Adam Schiff Slams Trump's Call For Leak Investigation

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ripped into Donald Trump after the president-elect called for a congressional investigation into an intelligence report about Russian hacking leaked to NBC News.

Of all issues implicated by Russian active measures, this is what you want to investigate? This is your top priority for intel committees? https://t.co/8K7tgGij2o

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) January 6, 2017

The Hill reports Schiff was responding to an early tweet posted by Trump.

I am asking the chairs of the House and Senate committees to investigate top secret intelligence shared with NBC prior to me seeing it.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017

Even before his scheduled Friday briefing from intelligence officials about their findings on the Russian hacking during the presidential race, Trump expressed skepticism about Russia was involved.

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