Schiff on Trump effort to block special counsel report: 'No shortage of nerve'

Source: The Hill

01/07/25 10:58 AM ET


Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said President-elect Trump has “no shortage of nerve” for asking Attorney General Merrick Garland to block the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his classified documents and election interference cases.

“They have no shortage of chutzpah. No shortage of nerve,” Schiff said during a Monday evening appearance on MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.” “But for the attorney general to grant it, I think, would be indefensible for the reasons that you mentioned,” he added.

Smith’s two-volume report could be released as early as Friday if Garland doesn’t decide to seal the documents.

“Historically, these reports are made public. These reports and the investigation underlying them are funded with taxpayer dollars and the public has a right to know,” said Schiff, who served as the manager during Trump’s second impeachment trial and was a member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

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