DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “Rep. Adam Schiff has assumed control of what appears to be the single most consequential scandal facing Donald Trump’s presidency — and, for the moment, is driving a narrative that could lead to Trump’s impeachment. It was Schiff’s late Friday [9-20-19] news release earlier this month that first revealed a whistleblower had filed an ‘urgent’ and credible complaint against someone in the executive branch. It was Schiff who issued a subpoena and secured testimony from the intelligence community’s top watchdog, who confirmed he had been blocked from providing details to Congress, in apparent violation of the law. And it was Schiff, a top ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who jarred the Capitol when he said on Sunday that Trump may have ‘crossed the Rubicon’ of impeachable conduct by pressuring Ukrainian officials into investigating Joe Biden, adding that Trump ‘is pushing us down this road.’”
–Andrew Desiderio and Kyle Cheney, “Trump nemesis Adam Schiff holds the keys to his impeachment,” Politico, September 24, 2019 3:05 pm