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Schiff warns GOP not to turn U.S. into Russia: ‘Give America a fair trial, ‘she’s worth it’

In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

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Rep. Adam B. Schiff warned Senate Republicans about turning America into Russia where people get “trial by telephone,” implying Senate Republicans are being dictated by President Trump.

Speaking to reporters, Jay Sekulow, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, speaks to reporters during a break in the impeachment trial of the president on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, in Washington, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Donald Trump speaks at a March for Life rally, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Michael Atkinson, the inspector general of the intelligence community, arrives at the Capitol where he will go behind closed doors to be questioned about the whistleblower complaint that exposed a July phone call the president had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in which Trump pressed for an investigation of Democratic political rival Joe Biden and his family, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., right, walk through the Capitol Rotunda during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, in Washington, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., right, walk through the Capitol Rotunda during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, in Washington, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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