'He was a fearless leader': Eric Swalwell defends Adam Schiff, says they were kicked off Intel Committee for holding Trump accountable

After newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy rejected the nominations of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to the House Intelligence Committee, the pair made an appearance on MSNBC to explain why they felt they were rejected from receiving the often classified briefings.

Speaking to MSNBC's Joy Reid, Rep. Swalwell pointed to a steadfast "resolve" held by himself and Schiff as the main motivation of the House speaker for rejecting their nominations.

"Adam [Schiff] never flinched; he was a fearless leader throughout that impeachment, and that's why they're targeting him," Swalwell explained.

"It's the same with me and Ms. [Ilhan] Omar, it's the fact that we never flinched, and we were fearless in our resolve to hold Donald Trump accountable," Swalwell added.

The representative then stated that Speaker McCarthy acted out of "political vengeance":

"It's not about me... it's about who is now given access to top secret information and what it means to use political vengeance to exact revenge on your political opponents."

Rep. Schiff took to Twitter in recent days calling McCarthy's move "petty, political payback for investigating Donald Trump," but also the California representative created a TikTok account, posting a video to talk about "troubling news."... (Read more)

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