Schiff on Nunes’ Presser: ‘Deeply Disturbing Development’

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BLITZER: "Your basic charge is the chairman of your committee acted totally inappropriate by going to the White House, going to the president, sharing this information even before he spoke with you or any other member of the committee. So, is any cooperation on the house intelligence committee really possible now or is it over?"
SCHIFF: "Well, I wouldn't declare it over, but I want to certainly have a chance to sit down as a committee and discuss what just took place because we can't conduct a credible investigation this way. And the chairman really has to make a decision about whether that's his intention and that's what he wants to do. Or whether he's still acting as a surrogate for the president. But he can't do both particularly when the allegations involve the president's own campaign. So, it was a deeply disturbing turn today and certainly a body blow to the investigation, and we'll have to see whether we can overcome it."
BLITZER: "Do you think he was acting as a member of the trump transition team today or was he acting as the chairman of the house intelligence committee?"
SCHIFF: "You know, wolf, I think you'll have to ask him that question. But I found the actions today quite inexplicable. We are really trying and have been really trying to conduct this investigation aboveboard and pursue the evidence where it leads. But things like this I think have to raise a profound question in the public about whether that's where the chairman is headed. And, again, I think just deeply disturbing development today. The best public service that we can do is to do this in a bipartisan, indeed, nonpartisan way. And that just got a lot more difficult."