Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), then the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, authorized leaks of classified information to tarnish President Trump’s image during the Russiagate probe — having assumed he would lead the CIA in a Hillary Clinton administration, according to newly released whistleblower statements.
The unidentified male source, who worked as a Democratic staffer on the House Intelligence Committee for 12 years after more than two decades in the intelligence community, told FBI agents in December 2017 that the mood among the panel became “indescribable” after Trump’s upset win the year before.
“Ranking member [Schiff] was particularly upset, as he had believed he would have been appointed as the director of the CIA had candidate [Hillary Clinton] won the election,” according to a summary of the interview obtained by The Post.
In September 2017, the same whistleblower told investigators that he had heard from congressional staff colleagues around October 2016 that Schiff would be offered the CIA job if Clinton had won.
After Trump was sworn in as the 45th president, the September 2017 interview summary reads: “Schiff believed Russia hijacked the election and the United States was in the middle of a constitutional crisis. Classified information began leaking to the media. The Democratic minority leadership of [the Intelligence Committee] was aware of the leaks but was under the impression that leaking the information was one way to topple the...
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