CONGRESS/DEMS/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is being criticized for comments he gave to ABC on Wednesday [6-12-19] that he would listen if a foreign government offered negative information on a political opponent. On Thursday morning Trump went after both California Rep. Adam Schiff and Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrats on the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, for what he says is similar behavior, claiming that both took calls from alleged Russian operatives about negative information on him without calling the FBI. ‘When Senator @MarkWarnerVA spoke at length, and in great detail, about extremely negative information on me, with a talented entertainer purporting to be a Russian Operative, did he immediately call the FBI? NO, in fact he didn’t even tell the Senate Intelligence Committee of … which he is a member,’ Trump tweeted. ‘When @RepAdamSchiff took calls from another person, also very successfully purporting to be a Russian Operative, did he call the FBI, or even think to call the FBI? NO!’ Facts First: This is untrue. Both Schiff and Warner say they did call the FBI about the contacts Trump is likely referring to, and their communications at the time back that up. Trump appears to have switched the two episodes he is referring to with Warner and Schiff, as it was Schiff who would have received a call from a ‘talented entertainer.’”
–Jeremy Herb, “Fact check: Trump’s FBI claims on Schiff and Warner don’t hold up,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, June 13, 2019 7:00 am