Former Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, said he personally witnessed then-House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff leaking and twisting classified information during Trump’s first administration, telling Newsmax on Thursday it happened right in front of lawmakers in real time.

Speaking with host Rob Finnerty on “Finnerty,” Wenstrup recalled an example involving former White House aide Hope Hicks.

“At one time when he was conducting some of his investigations, … he had Hope Hicks in from the White House,” Wenstrup said. “While she was still in there, things that she had said were not only twisted, but running across the screen on CNN while she was still in the room. This was going on each and every day. So this isn’t new. This was a standard.”

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