DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump accused a top Democratic lawmaker on Monday [2-5-18] of being ‘one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington,’ calling Representative Adam Schiff of California ‘Little Adam Schiff’ and accusing him of illegally leaking confidential information from the House Intelligence Committee.
In an early-morning tweet, Mr. Trump ominously said that Mr. Schiff ‘must be stopped,’ though he did not elaborate.
The president’s insult came as Mr. Schiff is expected to call for a vote on Monday afternoon for the Intelligence Committee to release a Democratic rebuttal to the classified memo that the panel’s Republicans released on Friday, which accuses federal law enforcement officials of abusing their powers to spy on a former Trump campaign official.
The Republican memo, written by congressional aides, fell short of providing enough evidence to make that case and was released after Mr. Trump rejected pleas from national security officials to block it.
In a separate tweet later in the morning, Mr. Trump praised Representative Devin Nunes of California, who spearheaded the Republican memo as the Intelligence Committee chairman, calling him a ‘Great American Hero for what he has exposed and what he has had to endure.’
Democrats have denounced the document as a tactic to undermine the investigation and protect Mr. Trump.”
-Michael D. Shear, Mark Landler, and Nicholas Fandos, “Trump Mocks ‘Little Adam Schiff’ as House Democrats Seek to Counter G.O.P. Memo,” The New York Times online, Feb. 5, 2018