Thread by @ThePlumLineGS

NEWS:

@RepAdamSchiff tells me it's time for the House to hold *open* hearings on Trump's Iran mess.

“The president has put us on a path where we may be at war with Iran," Schiff says. "That requires the Congress to fully engage.”

Here's our interview:
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@RepAdamSchiff An interesting point from @RepAdamSchiff in our interview.

Schiff points out there's no way Trump's threats to bomb Iranian cultural sites reflect actual Pentagon planning.

This is deeply abnormal, and we should't just treat it as Trump being Trump:

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@RepAdamSchiff .@RepAdamSchiff also says the intelligence he's been briefed on does *not* support the claim that killing Soleimani was needed to avert an imminent threat.

“I fear this is the result of the president purging anyone of stature who could stand up to him":

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@RepAdamSchiff Here @RepAdamSchiff endorses @RoKhanna's bill that would require Congressional authorization for any further hostilities against Iran, and calls for repeal or substantial modification of the 2001 and 2002 AUMFs:

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@RepAdamSchiff @RoKhanna One last point.

Open hearings in the House could get Pentagon officials on record on their obligation to disobey illegal orders from Trump.

They could also be asked to comment on the legality of bombing cultural sites, which Trump has threatened:

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