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Adam Schiff is Trump's new pet peeve as he leads the auditions as part of his dismissal. REUTERS / Al Drago

He is the object of all criticism, of all the attacks of the American president. Donald Trump's pet peeve is Adam Schiff, a Democrat in the House of Representatives for the State of California.

President Trump did not hesitate to call him Schiff " the devious " or " thug ", while wishing his resignation and his indictment for treason. Trump's attacks are related to the role of Adam Schiff as chairman of the powerful Lower House Intelligence Committee that poses a problem for Donald Trump . In this commission, it is Democrat Schiff who heads most of the hearings as part of the impeachment proceedings launched last week by the Democratic Party against President Trump. But despite all these attacks, Adam Schiff remains unmoved.

A determined prosecutor

Born in Massachusetts in 1960, Adam Schiff is doing most of his political career in California. A law graduate of Harvard University, young Schiff was first a deputy prosecutor.

This position will enable him to prove himself since he will work in particular on the case of Richard Miller, a former FBI agent accused of transmitting classified documents to the Soviet Union. After three trials, he will finally be sentenced to 20 years in detention. Important feats of arms whereas today Adam Schiff directs in a certain way the investigations which must eventually allow the impeachment of the president Donald Trump.

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Adam Schiff began his political career in 2000, when he was elected to represent the 27th district of California. In 2003, he voted in favor of the invasion of Iraq. A choice he will regret later publicly.

At the head of the intelligence committee of the House of Representatives since January 3, 2019, he is showing a necessary intransigence to this position as he has demonstrated again on Wednesday by saying: " we are not joking here, we do not want this to drag on for months and months, as seems to be the government's strategy . " A determination has the gift of annoying Donald Trump as evidenced by the many names of birds used by the American president when he speaks of Adam Schiff.