Schiff, Adam Bennett, 1960- , American politician, b. Framingham, Ma., Stanford Univ. (B.A., 1982), Harvard Law School (J.D., 1985). Schiff’s family moved to Arizona when he was 10 years old, and then to California two years later. In 1986, after completing law school, Schiff clerked for Judge William Matthew Byrne Jr. at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and then spent the next six years serving as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District. He ran against James E. Rogan for the California State Assembly in 1994, but lost to him both in the special election to fill the seat and in the general election that followed. Two years later, he successfully won a seat in the California State Senate, where he served on its Judiciary Committee. In 2000, Schiff ran again against Rogan—this time for the U.S. House of Representatives—and defeated him to win the seat representing California’s 27th congressional district. He has been reelected to ten subsequent terms. Schiff gained national prominence as the lead prosecutor in the first impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump.
See his Midnight in Washington (2021).
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