WASHINGTON — Sen. Adam Schiff, the California Democrat who relied on leakers and big media to go after President Donald Trump, now has his turn on the wobbly three-legged stool of politics, law enforcement and the settling of scores.
Unlike D.C. Democrats, who used their perches to go after Trump by any means necessary, the president isn’t even pretending that his goal is justice. His goal in investigating Schiff, I’d say, is payback — to do unto others as they have done unto him.
Trump’s lead is Ed Martin, who could not win confirmation as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, but now heads the Trump Department of Justice Weaponization Working Group. The group is looking into allegations that Schiff, the lead Democrat during Trump’s first impeachment hearings, leaked classified ma