As a congressman who led the first impeachment of President Trump, Mr. Schiff relished his role in the resistance. Now a senator, he must protect his state’s interests at a perilous time.

"Mr President, why did you invite Adam Schiff on your trip if you called him scum?" an off-camera reporter then asked. The post ‘I Didn’t Invite Him’: Trump Asked About Adam Schiff Traveling With Him to Survey LA Fire Damage first appeared on Mediaite.

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Friday that President Trump invited him and California’s other Democratic senator, Alex Padilla, on a visit to California amid the wildfires ravaging in Los Angeles — an offer Schiff said he turned down only because the Senate is voting on high-profile Trump nominees.

Trump orders release of JFK, RFK, and MLK assassination files; visits California to survey wildfire damage amid funding feud. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

The blazes - named Laguna, Sepulveda, Gibbel, Gilman and Border 2 - flared up on Thursday in Los Angeles, San Diego, Ventura and Riverside.

President Trump is ripping California Gov. Gavin Newsom over mismanagement of the state leading up to the devastating wildfires and handling of sanctuary cities ahead of his visit to the Golden State.

President Donald Trump is heading into the fifth day of his second term in office, striving to remake the traditional boundaries of Washington by asserting unprecedented executive power