By Brian Rokus Updated 7:28 PM ET, Tue November 12, 2019 Leading the House impeachment inquiry is not where Adam Schiff expected to be… (CNN)When Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California decided to join the House Intelligence Committee in 2008, leading an impeachment inquiry one day wasn’t quite what he anticipated. “He wanted to go on the Intelligence Committee for two principle reasons: Number one, it was bipartisan, and number two, it was quiet,” said former Democratic Rep. Steve Israel of New York, a close Schiff friend. “And so I often say to him, ‘How did that work out for you, buddy?’ “For Schiff, it did not work out as expected. “It feels at times like it’s being in the eye of the hurricane,” Schiff told CNN’s Gloria Borger. “You can never tell when you’re going to step out of the eye and into gale-force wind.” Those winds have often come from the White House, with President Donald Trump calling for him to resign and even be investigated for treason. “I can’t even keep up with the President’s Twitter attacks on me,” Schiff said, adding that his staff no longer bothers to send him all of the President’s tweets. “They’re just too numerous.” The attacks only intensified after Schiff changed his mind about impeaching the President. During the Russia investigation, Schiff hadn’t been sold that impeachment was the best course of action.” I always thought the strongest argument for impeachment was… Read More »Karl Thurmond – Longtime Friend and Law School Classmate to Adam Schiff