SFGATE: Trump calls for Schiff's resignation, as Pelosi says Barr has 'gone rogue'
Published on September 27, 2019 at 07:37PM by John Wagner and Colby Itkowitz, The Washington Post
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump called Friday for the resignation of the Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Attorney General William Barr of having "gone rogue" and said she's praying for God to "illuminate" Trump.
The fallout from a whistleblower's complaint about Trump's July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky played out on Twitter and television Friday, as the number of Democrats supporting the impeachment inquiry launched by Pelosi continued to grow.
Trump fired off a series of mid-morning tweets, once again claiming his conversation with Zelensky was "perfect" and taking aim again at House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
"IT WAS A PERFECT CONVERSATION WITH UKRAINE PRESIDENT!" Trump said in one tweet written in all capital letters.
Shortly afterward, he renewed his call from earlier Friday for Schiff to resign for what Trump contended was embellishing Trump's conversation with Zelensky during remarks during a hearing Thursday hearing with acting director of national intelligence Joseph Maguire.
"Rep. Adam Schiff totally made up my conversation with Ukraine President and read it to Congress and Millions," Trump wrote. "He must resign and be investigated. He has been doing this for two years. He is a sick man!"
Following Thursday's hearing, Schiff explained that his summary of Trump's call "was meant to be at least part in parody."
In his mid-morning tweets, Trump also declared that, "The Democrats are now to be known as the DO NOTHING PARTY!"
Schiff took to Twitter on Friday morning to respond to Trump's call for him to resign for offering an embellished account of Trump's phone conversation with Zelensky during Thursday's House Intelligence Committee hearing.
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