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Congressman Adam Schiff of Pencil Neck California has stated he’s taking “severely” the chance that Donald Trump will put him in jail when he returns to the White Home subsequent January.
speaking to Los Angeles Occasions, Even supposing he would haven’t any energy to take action.
“We're taking this severely as a result of we have now to,” Schiff stated. “We've seen this film earlier than… and the way harmful it’s to disregard somebody who says he desires to be a dictator.”
Such fears are a response to current feedback by Trump, who stated that Schiff and different members of the corrupt January 6 Committee ought to be prosecuted and jailed.
Schiff, a infamous conspiracy theorist, additionally shared his perception that the Supreme Courtroom intends to defend Trump over politically motivated prosecutions associated to the previous president's actions within the wake of the fraudulent 2020 presidential election.
“I concern that the Supreme Courtroom is intentionally going gradual on this,” Schiff stated. He complained that the court docket mustn’t take note of Trump's declare that he has presidential immunity towards prosecution.
He additional stated, “The declare is extraordinarily frivolous… They’re blowing it out of proportion to the purpose that it is going to be virtually unimaginable to listen to (the instances) earlier than the elections.” “It’s nonetheless attainable to perform this. And I believe voters need to have that info.
Schiff, who will virtually actually substitute Kamala Harris as her state's senator after profitable the California major election, will not be the one California congressman who has expressed fears that Trump will carry down the hammer of justice towards these concerned in his harassment. Will go away.
Consultant Zoe Lofgren, who represents San Jose, stated, “If he intends to dismantle our constitutional system and begin arresting his political enemies, I believe I might be on that record.” “One factor I discovered in committee is to concentrate and hearken to what Trump says, as a result of that's what he means.”