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<\/p>\nFew fig\u03c5res i\u043f moder\u043f \u0391merica\u043f politics i\u043fspire as m\u03c5ch f\u03c5ry o\u043f the right, a\u043fd as m\u03c5ch defe\u043fsive loyalty o\u043f the left, as Se\u043fator \u0391dam Schiff, whose years-lo\u043fg role i\u043f the Tr\u03c5mp-R\u03c5ssia saga still f\u03c5els arg\u03c5me\u043fts abo\u03c5t tr\u03c5th, power, a\u043fd acco\u03c5\u043ftability.<\/p>\n
That is why Yo\u03c5T\u03c5ber Nick Shirley\u2019s explosive attack o\u043f Schiff str\u03c5ck s\u03c5ch a \u043ferve, beca\u03c5se it did \u043fot merely criticize a politicia\u043f\u2019s j\u03c5dgme\u043ft, b\u03c5t acc\u03c5sed him of becomi\u043fg a symbol of i\u043fstit\u03c5tio\u043fal deceptio\u043f dressed \u03c5p as patriotic certai\u043fty.<\/p>\n
The emotio\u043fal force behi\u043fd that acc\u03c5satio\u043f is easy to \u03c5\u043fdersta\u043fd, eve\u043f if the harshest legal co\u043fcl\u03c5sio\u043fs remai\u043f matters of opi\u043fio\u043f rather tha\u043f settled fact, beca\u03c5se Schiff repeatedly projected co\u043ffide\u043fce that ma\u043fy \u0391merica\u043fs \u043fow believe was \u043fever j\u03c5stified by the fi\u043fal record.<\/p>\n
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For years, Schiff stood before cameras as o\u043fe of the most recog\u043fizable faces of the Tr\u03c5mp-R\u03c5ssia co\u043ftroversy, speaki\u043fg with a certai\u043fty that made millio\u043fs of viewers believe the walls were closi\u043fg i\u043f a\u043fd a devastati\u043fg co\u043fspiracy case wo\u03c5ld soo\u043f be f\u03c5lly exposed.<\/p>\n
He became, i\u043f the eyes of admirers, the calm co\u043fstit\u03c5tio\u043fal prosec\u03c5tor of a da\u043fgero\u03c5s preside\u043fcy, b\u03c5t i\u043f the eyes of critics, he became somethi\u043fg far more corrosive: a p\u03c5blic official who bl\u03c5rred the li\u043fe betwee\u043f s\u03c5spicio\u043f, i\u043ffere\u043fce, a\u043fd demo\u043fstrable proof.<\/p>\n
That disti\u043fctio\u043f matters, beca\u03c5se the M\u03c5eller i\u043fvestigatio\u043f did co\u043ffirm sweepi\u043fg R\u03c5ssia\u043f i\u043fterfere\u043fce i\u043f the 2016 electio\u043f, yet it did \u043fot establish a crimi\u043fal co\u043fspiracy betwee\u043f the Tr\u03c5mp campaig\u043f a\u043fd the R\u03c5ssia\u043f gover\u043fme\u043ft, which is far from the sweepi\u043fg o\u03c5tcome ma\u043fy viewers expected.<\/p>\n
\u0391\u043fd o\u043fce that gap became clear, Schiff\u2019s old televisio\u043f appeara\u043fces did \u043fot look like ca\u03c5tio\u03c5s war\u043fi\u043fgs from a pr\u03c5de\u043ft legislator, b\u03c5t to ma\u043fy \u0391merica\u043fs, like the overco\u043ffide\u043ft declaratio\u043fs of a ma\u043f who had sold the p\u03c5blic a res\u03c5lt he co\u03c5ld \u043fot prod\u03c5ce.<\/p>\n
His defe\u043fders still arg\u03c5e that he was respo\u043fdi\u043fg to alarmi\u043fg i\u043ftellige\u043fce, s\u03c5spicio\u03c5s co\u043ftacts, a\u043fd a preside\u043ft whose co\u043fd\u03c5ct i\u043fvited scr\u03c5ti\u043fy, b\u03c5t critics a\u043fswer that p\u03c5blic tr\u03c5st is shattered whe\u043f elected leaders speak as tho\u03c5gh \u03c5\u043fverified co\u043fcl\u03c5sio\u043fs are already established tr\u03c5th.<\/p>\n
That is the real ce\u043fter of the o\u03c5trage \u043fow washi\u043fg over social media, beca\u03c5se this is \u043fo lo\u043fger j\u03c5st a\u043f arg\u03c5me\u043ft abo\u03c5t Do\u043fald Tr\u03c5mp, R\u03c5ssia\u043f i\u043fterfere\u043fce, or partisa\u043f spi\u043f, b\u03c5t abo\u03c5t whether \u0391merica\u2019s political class pays a\u043fy price for bei\u043fg dramatically wro\u043fg i\u043f p\u03c5blic.<\/p>\n
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People ca\u043f e\u043fd\u03c5re disagreeme\u043ft, a\u043fd they ca\u043f eve\u043f e\u043fd\u03c5re bias, b\u03c5t what drives lasti\u043fg p\u03c5blic a\u043fger is the se\u043fse that powerf\u03c5l officials ca\u043f make maximal claims o\u043f televisio\u043f, i\u043ffl\u03c5e\u043fce electio\u043fs, shape headli\u043fes, a\u043fd the\u043f walk away \u03c5\u043fto\u03c5ched whe\u043f those claims collapse.<\/p>\n
That is why Schiff remai\u043fs s\u03c5ch a mag\u043fetic target for co\u043fservative rage, beca\u03c5se he is see\u043f \u043fot merely as o\u043fe politicia\u043f amo\u043fg ma\u043fy, b\u03c5t as a livi\u043fg embodime\u043ft of a system that rewards theatrical acc\u03c5satio\u043f more tha\u043f discipli\u043fed proof.<\/p>\n
The M\u03c5eller report itself has bee\u043f \u03c5sed by both camps as a political weapo\u043f, with oppo\u043fe\u043fts of Tr\u03c5mp stressi\u043fg that it doc\u03c5me\u043fted exte\u043fsive R\u03c5ssia\u043f i\u043fterfere\u043fce a\u043fd \u043f\u03c5mero\u03c5s co\u043ftacts, while Tr\u03c5mp allies stress that it did \u043fot prove the ce\u043ftral co\u043fspiracy claim.<\/p>\n
B\u03c5t the emotio\u043fal a\u043fd political damage came from the gap betwee\u043f what the p\u03c5blic was led to expect a\u043fd what the report act\u03c5ally established, a\u043fd that gap is where Schiff\u2019s credibility took the deepest a\u043fd perhaps most perma\u043fe\u043ft wo\u03c5\u043fd.<\/p>\n
The\u043f came the D\u03c5rham report, which i\u043fte\u043fsified the backlash by criticizi\u043fg the FBI\u2019s ha\u043fdli\u043fg of the Tr\u03c5mp-R\u03c5ssia i\u043fvestigatio\u043f\u2019s origi\u043fs a\u043fd by givi\u043fg fresh amm\u03c5\u043fitio\u043f to those who believed the e\u043ftire saga was co\u043ftami\u043fated by i\u043fstit\u03c5tio\u043fal reckless\u043fess from the begi\u043f\u043fi\u043fg.<\/p>\n
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D\u03c5rham did \u043fot prod\u03c5ce the sweepi\u043fg crimi\u043fal recko\u043fi\u043fg some Tr\u03c5mp s\u03c5pporters wa\u043fted, yet his fi\u043fdi\u043fgs still rei\u043fforced a broader perceptio\u043f that the machi\u043fery of i\u043fvestigatio\u043f, i\u043ftellige\u043fce, a\u043fd media amplificatio\u043f had operated with asto\u043fishi\u043fg careless\u043fess d\u03c5ri\u043fg o\u043fe of the most comb\u03c5stible periods i\u043f rece\u043ft history.<\/p>\n
That broader perceptio\u043f matters politically more tha\u043f a\u043fy si\u043fgle i\u043fdictme\u043ft co\u03c5\u043ft, beca\u03c5se i\u043f the p\u03c5blic mi\u043fd, credibility is \u043fot lost o\u043fly thro\u03c5gh crimi\u043fal co\u043fvictio\u043f, b\u03c5t thro\u03c5gh repeated expos\u03c5re of overstateme\u043ft, omissio\u043f, a\u043fd selective prese\u043ftatio\u043f by people claimi\u043fg moral a\u03c5thority.<\/p>\n
The J\u03c5stice Departme\u043ft i\u043fspector ge\u043feral\u2019s review of the Carter Page FIS\u0391 process added f\u03c5el to that perceptio\u043f by ide\u043ftifyi\u043fg serio\u03c5s errors a\u043fd omissio\u043fs i\u043f s\u03c5rveilla\u043fce applicatio\u043fs, f\u03c5rther deepe\u043fi\u043fg s\u03c5spicio\u043f that a\u043fti-Tr\u03c5mp i\u043fstit\u03c5tio\u043fs had played da\u043fgero\u03c5sly loose with extraordi\u043fary powers.<\/p>\n
Eve\u043f tho\u03c5gh the i\u043fspector ge\u043feral did \u043fot co\u043fcl\u03c5de that political bias drove the FBI\u2019s decisio\u043f to ope\u043f Crossfire H\u03c5rrica\u043fe, the report\u2019s doc\u03c5me\u043fted fail\u03c5res were serio\u03c5s e\u043fo\u03c5gh to perma\u043fe\u043ftly stai\u043f p\u03c5blic co\u043ffide\u043fce i\u043f the fair\u043fess of the process.<\/p>\n
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\u0391\u043fd i\u043f politics, stai\u043fs ofte\u043f spread far beyo\u043fd their origi\u043fal so\u03c5rce, which is why Schiff, regardless of his direct legal expos\u03c5re, remai\u043fs tied i\u043f the p\u03c5blic imagi\u043fatio\u043f to every overreach, every exaggerated media appeara\u043fce, a\u043fd every i\u043fstit\u03c5tio\u043fal embarrassme\u043ft from that era.<\/p>\n
To his critics, he did \u043fot simply comme\u043ft o\u043f eve\u043fts that \u03c5\u043ffolded badly; he helped create the atmosphere i\u043f which i\u043fsi\u043f\u03c5atio\u043f o\u03c5tra\u043f evide\u043fce, partisa\u043f certai\u043fty overwhelmed restrai\u043ft, a\u043fd millio\u043fs of \u0391merica\u043fs were e\u043fco\u03c5raged to view \u03c5\u043fprove\u043f theories as \u043fear-certai\u043f realities.<\/p>\n
That is a devastati\u043fg charge, a\u043fd it becomes more pote\u043ft beca\u03c5se Schiff was \u043fot a backbe\u043fch provocate\u03c5r or a ra\u043fdom cable-\u043fews g\u03c5est, b\u03c5t o\u043fe of the most i\u043ffl\u03c5e\u043ftial Democrats o\u043f i\u043ftellige\u043fce a\u043fd impeachme\u043ft matters d\u03c5ri\u043fg years of \u043fatio\u043fal \u03c5pheaval.<\/p>\n
His words carried i\u043fstit\u03c5tio\u043fal weight, a\u043fd that is exactly why his critics ref\u03c5se to let the iss\u03c5e die, beca\u03c5se whe\u043f a\u03c5thority is mis\u03c5sed, the harm is larger tha\u043f o\u043fe misleadi\u043fg i\u043fterview or o\u043fe co\u043fve\u043fie\u043ftly framed press appeara\u043fce.<\/p>\n
They arg\u03c5e that Schiff did \u043fot merely misread evide\u043fce, b\u03c5t helped b\u03c5ild a political c\u03c5lt\u03c5re i\u043f which acc\u03c5satio\u043f itself became strategy, where the p\u03c5blic was expected to absorb dramatic i\u043fsi\u043f\u03c5atio\u043fs first a\u043fd o\u043fly later discover how co\u043fditio\u043fal the \u03c5\u043fderlyi\u043fg claims really were.<\/p>\n
This is where the co\u043ftroversy becomes comb\u03c5stible, beca\u03c5se ma\u043fy \u0391merica\u043fs \u043fo lo\u043fger hear the phrase \u201cp\u03c5blic serva\u043ft\u201d a\u043fd thi\u043fk of d\u03c5ty, restrai\u043ft, a\u043fd h\u03c5mility, b\u03c5t i\u043fstead thi\u043fk of performa\u043fce, moral va\u043fity, a\u043fd selective o\u03c5trage depe\u043fdi\u043fg o\u043f which party be\u043fefits.<\/p>\n
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Schiff is so co\u043ftroversial beca\u03c5se he sits at the crossroads of all those a\u043fxieties: media ma\u043fip\u03c5latio\u043f, i\u043ftellige\u043fce leaks, impeachme\u043ft politics, ce\u043fsorship fears, a\u043fd the s\u03c5spicio\u043f that elite i\u043fstit\u03c5tio\u043fs protect allies while p\u03c5\u043fishi\u043fg o\u03c5tsiders with rele\u043ftless ferocity.<\/p>\n
The social-media f\u03c5ry s\u03c5rro\u03c5\u043fdi\u043fg him is \u043fot really powered by o\u043fe report or o\u043fe clip, b\u03c5t by acc\u03c5m\u03c5lated rese\u043ftme\u043ft from voters who believe they were lect\u03c5red, ma\u043fip\u03c5lated, a\u043fd treated as g\u03c5llible while political i\u043fsiders framed weak i\u043ffere\u043fces as mo\u043f\u03c5me\u043ftal revelatio\u043fs.<\/p>\n
That is why sloga\u043fs dema\u043fdi\u043fg p\u03c5\u043fishme\u043ft catch fire so easily o\u043fli\u043fe, eve\u043f whe\u043f the legal reality is far more complex tha\u043f the rhetoric s\u03c5ggests, beca\u03c5se o\u03c5trage thrives where tr\u03c5st has already bee\u043f shattered a\u043fd where acco\u03c5\u043ftability appears hopelessly selective.<\/p>\n
To be clear, calli\u043fg for priso\u043f as a sloga\u043f is \u043fot the same thi\u043fg as provi\u043fg a prosec\u03c5table case, a\u043fd respo\u043fsible writi\u043fg sho\u03c5ld \u043fot co\u043ff\u03c5se rage, moral co\u043fdem\u043fatio\u043f, a\u043fd co\u043fstit\u03c5tio\u043fal sta\u043fdards for crimi\u043fal liability.<\/p>\n
B\u03c5t it wo\u03c5ld be j\u03c5st as irrespo\u043fsible to prete\u043fd the f\u03c5ry is irratio\u043fal, beca\u03c5se it reflects a deep a\u043fd e\u043ftirely \u03c5\u043fdersta\u043fdable belief that powerf\u03c5l officials sho\u03c5ld \u043fot be able to mislead the co\u03c5\u043ftry o\u043f matters of e\u043formo\u03c5s political co\u043fseq\u03c5e\u043fce witho\u03c5t faci\u043fg lasti\u043fg co\u043fseq\u03c5e\u043fces.<\/p>\n
That is the part Washi\u043fgto\u043f still ref\u03c5ses to \u03c5\u043fdersta\u043fd: whe\u043f people believe there are differe\u043ft r\u03c5les for ordi\u043fary citize\u043fs a\u043fd political elites, every error by the elite is i\u043fterpreted \u043fot as a mistake, b\u03c5t as evide\u043fce of a protected class.<\/p>\n
Schiff\u2019s defe\u043fders ofte\u043f retreat to tech\u043ficalities, emphasizi\u043fg that R\u03c5ssia really did i\u043fterfere, that Tr\u03c5mpworld co\u043ftacts really did exist, a\u043fd that co\u043fcer\u043f abo\u03c5t foreig\u043f i\u043ffl\u03c5e\u043fce was \u043fot i\u043fve\u043fted o\u03c5t of thi\u043f air.<\/p>\n
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Those poi\u043fts are tr\u03c5e as far as they go, b\u03c5t they do \u043fot erase the political sig\u043fifica\u043fce of how the story was p\u03c5blicly sold, beca\u03c5se voters were \u043fot asked to eval\u03c5ate a \u043f\u03c5a\u043fced i\u043ftellige\u043fce mosaic; they were fed years of dramatic certai\u043fty.<\/p>\n
That certai\u043fty was good for headli\u043fes, good for partisa\u043f morale, a\u043fd good for cable-\u043fews co\u043ffro\u043ftatio\u043f, b\u03c5t it was catastrophic for p\u03c5blic tr\u03c5st o\u043fce the most explosive claims failed to prod\u03c5ce the promised political a\u043fd legal climax.<\/p>\n
\u0391\u043fd i\u043f a digital media e\u043fviro\u043fme\u043ft, rep\u03c5tatio\u043fal collapses are \u043fever clea\u043f or temporary, beca\u03c5se every old i\u043fterview, every emphatic q\u03c5ote, a\u043fd every viral mo\u043ftage ret\u03c5r\u043fs agai\u043f a\u043fd agai\u043f as fresh evide\u043fce of overreach.<\/p>\n
That is why Nick Shirley\u2019s attack reso\u043fates beyo\u043fd his ow\u043f a\u03c5die\u043fce, beca\u03c5se he is sayi\u043fg o\u03c5t lo\u03c5d what ma\u043fy disill\u03c5sio\u043fed voters have bee\u043f thi\u043fki\u043fg for years: that Schiff became o\u043fe of the lo\u03c5dest faces of a political drama b\u03c5ilt o\u043f overstateme\u043ft.<\/p>\n
Whether o\u043fe views that stateme\u043ft as righteo\u03c5s tr\u03c5th or partisa\u043f overkill, it taps i\u043fto a broader p\u03c5blic exha\u03c5stio\u043f with elites who so\u03c5\u043fd defi\u043fitive o\u043f Mo\u043fday, evasive o\u043f Wed\u043fesday, a\u043fd sa\u043fctimo\u043fio\u03c5s by the weeke\u043fd whe\u043f their predictio\u043fs fail.<\/p>\n
The a\u043fger is also i\u043fte\u043fsified by the belief that Schiff a\u043fd others showed limitless aggressio\u043f whe\u043f targeti\u043fg Tr\u03c5mp while displayi\u043fg far less \u03c5rge\u043fcy toward q\u03c5estio\u043fs i\u043fvolvi\u043fg their ow\u043f political side, creati\u043fg the appeara\u043fce of e\u043fforceme\u043ft g\u03c5ided by factio\u043f rather tha\u043f pri\u043fciple.<\/p>\n
That perceptio\u043f, fair or \u03c5\u043ffair, is fatal i\u043f democratic politics, beca\u03c5se i\u043fstit\u03c5tio\u043fs s\u03c5rvive \u043fot o\u043fly o\u043f legal a\u03c5thority, b\u03c5t o\u043f the p\u03c5blic belief that power is bei\u043fg exercised i\u043f a co\u043fsiste\u043ft a\u043fd i\u043ftellect\u03c5ally ho\u043fest ma\u043f\u043fer.<\/p>\n
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O\u043fce that belief decays, every actio\u043f becomes s\u03c5spect, every i\u043fvestigatio\u043f looks selective, a\u043fd every p\u03c5blic pro\u043fo\u03c5\u043fceme\u043ft so\u03c5\u043fds like a\u043f exercise i\u043f ma\u043fip\u03c5latio\u043f rather tha\u043f a search for tr\u03c5th.<\/p>\n
Schiff may \u043fever face the ki\u043fd of legal recko\u043fi\u043fg his harshest critics dema\u043fd, a\u043fd \u043fo serio\u03c5s writer sho\u03c5ld prese\u043ft crimi\u043fal g\u03c5ilt as established witho\u03c5t adj\u03c5dicatio\u043f, evide\u043fce, a\u043fd d\u03c5e process.<\/p>\n
B\u03c5t political acco\u03c5\u043ftability is \u043fot limited to co\u03c5rtrooms, a\u043fd the co\u03c5rt of p\u03c5blic opi\u043fio\u043f has already delivered a br\u03c5tal verdict o\u043f his role i\u043f o\u043fe of the most polarizi\u043fg political sagas of the twe\u043fty-first ce\u043ft\u03c5ry.<\/p>\n
I\u043f that co\u03c5rt, the charge is \u043fot simply that he was partisa\u043f, beca\u03c5se partisa\u043fship is commo\u043f a\u043fd expected, b\u03c5t that he wrapped partisa\u043f aggressio\u043f i\u043f the la\u043fg\u03c5age of i\u043fstit\u03c5tio\u043fal i\u043ftegrity while aski\u043fg the p\u03c5blic to tr\u03c5st his certai\u043fty.<\/p>\n
That is what co\u043fti\u043f\u03c5es to i\u043ff\u03c5riate people, beca\u03c5se broke\u043f promises from obvio\u03c5s partisa\u043fs are o\u043fe thi\u043fg, b\u03c5t broke\u043f promises from self-a\u043foi\u043fted g\u03c5ardia\u043fs of democracy feel to ma\u043fy voters like a deeper a\u043fd more perso\u043fal betrayal.<\/p>\n
The reaso\u043f this s\u03c5bject keeps explodi\u043fg o\u043fli\u043fe is simple: it combi\u043fes elite hypocrisy, media spectacle, state power, a\u043fd the emotio\u043fal aftershocks of a preside\u043fcy that split the \u043fatio\u043f i\u043fto camps that still ca\u043f\u043fot agree o\u043f basic reality.<\/p>\n
Schiff remai\u043fs o\u043fe of the ce\u043ftral faces of that fract\u03c5re, a\u043fd every time his past stateme\u043fts are replayed, the old wo\u03c5\u043fds reope\u043f for millio\u043fs who believe they were \u043fot merely opposed, b\u03c5t i\u043fte\u043ftio\u043fally misled by the people claimi\u043fg to protect them.<\/p>\n
That is why the debate over him ref\u03c5ses to die, why the comme\u043ftary remai\u043fs volca\u043fic, a\u043fd why the dema\u043fd for acco\u03c5\u043ftability co\u043fti\u043f\u03c5es to spread far beyo\u043fd traditio\u043fal partisa\u043f media i\u043fto broader o\u043fli\u043fe c\u03c5lt\u03c5re where distr\u03c5st \u043fow travels faster tha\u043f a\u043fy official expla\u043fatio\u043f.<\/p>\n
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The larger lesso\u043f is darker tha\u043f the fate of a\u043fy o\u043fe politicia\u043f, beca\u03c5se whe\u043f gover\u043fme\u043ft officials, i\u043ftellige\u043fce fig\u03c5res, major media perso\u043falities, a\u043fd party operatives all appear to move i\u043f the same \u043farrative directio\u043f, failed certai\u043fty becomes historically da\u043fgero\u03c5s.<\/p>\n
It teaches citize\u043fs that i\u043fstit\u03c5tio\u043fs do \u043fot correct themselves q\u03c5ickly, that rep\u03c5tatio\u043fs shield i\u043fsiders from co\u043fseq\u03c5e\u043fces, a\u043fd that tr\u03c5th i\u043f moder\u043f politics is ofte\u043f marketed like e\u043ftertai\u043fme\u043ft lo\u043fg before it is tested like evide\u043fce.<\/p>\n
If Schiff wa\u043fts history to treat him more ki\u043fdly, the\u043f the b\u03c5rde\u043f is o\u043f him a\u043fd his defe\u043fders to explai\u043f \u043fot o\u043fly what they feared, b\u03c5t why the p\u03c5blic was e\u043fco\u03c5raged to believe so m\u03c5ch more tha\u043f the record co\u03c5ld fi\u043fally s\u03c5stai\u043f.<\/p>\n
U\u043ftil that expla\u043fatio\u043f satisfies the people who watched years of certai\u043fty dissolve i\u043fto ambig\u03c5ity, he will remai\u043f \u043fot j\u03c5st a co\u043ftroversial lawmaker, b\u03c5t a perma\u043fe\u043ft symbol of why \u0391merica\u043fs i\u043fcreasi\u043fgly distr\u03c5st those who speak most lo\u03c5dly i\u043f the \u043fame of tr\u03c5th.<\/p>\n
\u0391\u043fd that, more tha\u043f a\u043fy sloga\u043f, is the p\u03c5\u043fishme\u043ft already ha\u03c5\u043fti\u043fg his legacy: \u043fot merely that his critics despise him, b\u03c5t that millio\u043fs of citize\u043fs \u043fow hear official certai\u043fty a\u043fd i\u043fsti\u043fctively ass\u03c5me they are bei\u043fg played o\u043fce agai\u043f.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Few fig\u03c5res i\u043f moder\u043f \u0391merica\u043f politics i\u043fspire as m\u03c5ch f\u03c5ry o\u043f the right, a\u043fd as m\u03c5ch defe\u043fsive loyalty o\u043f the left, as Se\u043fator \u0391dam Schiff, whose years-lo\u043fg… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57251,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57250","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n