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Adam Schiff

Mark Coles looks at the life of Adam Schiff, chair of the US House Intelligence Committee, who is leading the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

Did Donald Trump 鈥榖ribe鈥 a foreign power 鈥 Ukraine - to try to discredit a political rival ahead of next year鈥檚 US Presidential race ?

On Profile this week, we鈥檙e looking at Adam Schiff - the man tasked with finding out.

A leading Democrat Congressman and former lawyer, Schiff chairs the House Intelligence Committee and is leading the impeachment investigation.

President Trump calls him biased鈥 鈥減encil neck, low life鈥 who鈥檚 conducting a 鈥渉oax witch-hunt鈥.

Mark Coles talks to Schiff鈥檚 close friends, critics and former colleagues to find out what he鈥檚 really like鈥nd why 鈥 before getting into politics - he wanted to be a Hollywood movie writer.

Producer: Smita Patel
Researcher: May Cameron

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14 minutes

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Sun 17 Nov 2019 17:40

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  • Sat 16 Nov 2019 19:00
  • Sun 17 Nov 2019 05:45
  • Sun 17 Nov 2019 17:40

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