In the 116th Congress, Schiff served as ranking [[Democrat]] on the House Intelligence Committee tasked with looking into "Russian hacking" and the [[Obama administration]]'s domestic political spying. In the aftermath of [[Hillary Clinton]]'s [[2016 Presidential election]] loss, Democrats, Obama intelligence operatives, and the [[Progressive media]] put out the [[fake news]] story that "Russians hacked the DNC." Such reports were subsequently discredited.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/a-new-report-raises-big-questions-about-last-years-dnc-hack/</ref> | In the 116th Congress, Schiff served as ranking [[Democrat]] on the House Intelligence Committee tasked with looking into "Russian hacking" and the [[Obama administration]]'s domestic political spying. In the aftermath of [[Hillary Clinton]]'s [[2016 Presidential election]] loss, Democrats, Obama intelligence operatives, and the [[Progressive media]] put out the [[fake news]] story that "Russians hacked the DNC." Such reports were subsequently discredited.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/a-new-report-raises-big-questions-about-last-years-dnc-hack/</ref> |