The fact checkers came out quickly in response to White House Counsel Pat Cipollone on Tuesday.In his opening remarks at President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, Cipollone argued that Trump faced unprecedented violations of due process while the House was conducting its impeachment inquiry last year. He said House Democrats were running the investigation from a “basement” and accused House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) of blocking his Republicans colleagues from entering the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility.> “Not even Mr. Schiff’s Republican colleagues were allowed into the SCIF” — this is a blatant lie from Cipollone pic.twitter.com/A4cWhwRSUo> > — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 21, 2020As it turns out, GOP lawmakers on the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight Committees were indeed welcome to join those proceedings, and while many of them chose not to attend, several participated. > “Not even Mr. Schiff’s Republican colleagues were allowed in the SCIF,”Cipollone said. That’s not true. Republicans on House Intel/Oversight/Foreign Affairs were allowed to participate & several Republicans participated in every single deposition.> > — Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) January 21, 2020More stories from theweek.com Former GOP Sen. Jeff Flake says it ‘pains’ him to see Republicans maintain Trump ‘did no wrong’ The Saudi crown prince reportedly personally hacked Jeff Bezos’ phone. He may have done the same thing to Jared Kushner. The real problem with McConnell’s impeachment rules
