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. | 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. |