“This is being blown so way out of proportion,” the Wisconsin Republican said.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chair Ron Johnson said Sunday that concerns over the end of in-person election security briefings to House and Senate intel committees were an overreaction.
We know “that foreign actors are trying to influence, trying to destabilize our political system,” Johnson said. “What Adam Schiff did with this false narrative, what the news media did in terms of false Russian collusion with the Trump campaign narrative, a criminal investigation, special counsel — that is what has destabilized our politics.
“You can state things in a written report that are not correct, and you can’t be subject to questioning about it,” Schiff said. “When you can hide behind documents or withhold documents and not have to answer questions about it, it lets you conceal the truth. And in this case, concealing the truth is concealing Russians are again intervening to help the president and the reelection.”
The California Democrat pushed back on the assertion, insisting that neither he nor members of his staff have leaked classified information received in briefings.
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