Former CIA Director Accuses Schiff Of Leaking Classified Information

Daniel ChaitinJanuary 25, 2023

Former Trump administration official Mike Pompeo accused Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) Leakage classified information

After Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R–CA), the new allegation was made blocked Schiff’s appointment to remain on the House Intelligence Committee where he was chairman for the past four years.

“During my time as CIA director and secretary of state, I know that he leaked classified information that had been provided to him,” Pompeo stated on Fox News Wednesday.

Pompeo did not provide specifics but insisted that the problem was severe enough to make it difficult for him to share with Congress.

This is a serious charge. “Outnumbered” co-host Emily Compagno pressed Pompeo on why there hasn’t been accountability if such leaks would be “a felony at minimum, up to treason.”

“It’s a complicated process, right? It’s difficult to pin down precisely what happened,” Pompeo. “But I could tell you that when we provided information to him and to his staff, it ended up in places it shouldn’t have been with alarming regularity. We could see it. In the end, I decided, I held back information from them as a result.”

MIKE POMPEO “The fact that…Schiff was the Chairman of the…Intelligence Committee almost ruined that committee…Schiff should be nowhere near serving on the Intelligence Committee. I don’t think he should be seeing classified information.” pic.twitter.com/3A0iwMc3Dq

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) January 25, 2023

The Daily Wire reached out to Schiff’s office for comment on Pompeo’s claims.

Schiff denied leaking classified information In the past. “I haven’t. My staff hasn’t,” In 2020, he spoke to CNN before mentioning the caveat: “I can’t speak for what all the members of the committee have done or not done, including a lot of the Republican members.”

Pompeo isn’t the first intelligence leader in the Trump administration to accuse Schiff of leaking classified information. Richard Grenell, an ex-acting Director of National Intelligence, made the claim that Schiff and his staff were leaking classified information in January 2021. “regularly” leaked Information classified

Sen. Tom Cotton (R.A.) suggested to Lisa Boothe, a conservative commentator, that Schiff be created in April 2021 could be a source for dubious reports Russia offered bounties to Afghan militants in exchange for their death. Patrick Boland, a Schiff spokesperson, responded with a short response. the Washington Examiner It was at that time “Yet another false and baseless claim by Tom Cotton — you would think he would know better by now.”

McCarthy and Eric Swalwell (D-CA) were kicked out of the House Intelligence Committee by McCarthy on Tuesday. McCarthy had been accusing Schiff of being a repeat criminal, particularly in relation to Trump’s investigations. Pompeo also called Schiff an liar during his Fox News interview, and praised McCarthy’s removal from the panel.

Hakeem Jeffries (D–NY), Minority Leader, nominated Schiff to this committee over the weekend. “eminently qualified.” After he was blocked, Schiff responded by claiming McCarthy’s move was “petty, political payback for investigating Donald Trump.”

Also Tuesday, Schiff spoke out about how he felt. too “paranoid” While serving on the House Intelligence Committee, he was authorized to bring any classified information into his home. “This is what’s so astounding, I think, for all of us on the Intelligence Committee. I never take classified documents to my house,” Schiff told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell, who asked if he had taken any records home. “I don’t know any reason why people would,” Schiff has been added.

The conversation took place as the documents were revealed to be classified. found at former Vice President Mike Pence’s home Indiana and handed over to the FBI. Two separate special counsels have been appointed by the Justice Department to investigate former President Donald Trump, and President Joe Biden’s handlings of classified materials kept in their offices and homes.