Schiff vs. Trump: The real head-to-head battle defining California’s U.S. Senate race

Called last year to stand and be admonished by his Republican colleagues for allegedly misleading the American public during his dogged investigations of former President Trump, Rep. Adam B. Schiff refused to back down. Gen. Bill Barr released a four-page summary of Mueller’s 440-page report that said Mueller “did not find that the Trump campaign, or anyone associated with it, conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in these efforts, despite multiple offers from Russian-affiliated individuals to assist the Trump campaign.” Trump tweeted that Schiff had “spent two years knowingly and unlawfully lying and leaking” and “should be forced to resign from Congress!” Democrats — including Schiff — were suspicious of Barr’s summary, and for good reason. According to the full report, Mueller’s investigation “identified numerous links between the Russian government and the Trump Campaign.” It said it “did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities,” but also that any “statement that the investigation did not establish particular facts does not mean there was no evidence of those facts.” Politics Schiff doubles down on Trump despite Russia report: ‘Undoubtedly there is collusion’ President Trump, emboldened after the special counsel said he did not find evidence of a criminal conspiracy to sway the 2016 election, has an early target as he seeks recompense from his critics: Rep. Rep. Adam B. Schiff said that if he and Donald Trump are elected, he “will do whatever is necessary to protect our democracies.” Luna’s censure resolution against Schiff asserted the claim Trump colluded with Russia was proved false and “invented, funded, and spread by President Trump’s political rivals.” It asserted Schiff repeatedly claimed to have evidence of collusion even though such evidence “never existed.” In an interview with The Times, Luna said Durham and others proved Schiff was lying to advance his and his party’s political interests. Garvey declined to weigh in directly on Schiff and Trump’s dueling relationship, but said in a statement to The Times that his own campaign is focused on “the issues that truly matter to California” and not on “partisan or special interests.” On the Ukraine call In July 2019, then-President Trump had a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in which he urged the Ukrainian leader to pursue investigations tied to Joe Biden — Trump’s chief political opponent — while hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid for the country were being withheld.