Adam Schiff faces censure vote over claims of 2016 Trump-Russia collusion
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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) introduced a measure to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), seeking to condemn the California Democrat over his claims of Russian collusion in the 2016 election and to pressure him to leave office.
Luna filed the privileged motion on Tuesday, seeking to remove Schiff from office and slap him with a $16 million fine over allegations he abused the trust of his constituents by pushing claims that Russia had meddled in the 2016 presidential race to help elect former President Donald Trump.
"Schiff just hit the fan," Luna said in a tweet.
The motion comes after Schiff, who previously led the House Intelligence Committee, pushed unproven allegations of Trump-Russia collusion for years and touted British ex-spy Christopher Steele's discredited dossier. Those claims came under renewed scrutiny earlier this year after the release of the Durham report, which concluded the FBI had no proper basis for launching the Crossfire Hurricane investigation into Trump and Russia in 2016.
The report ultimately concluded the investigation was inherently flawed as there was no proper basis to conduct it in the first place, and it also found that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's campaign played an outsize role in pushing collusion claims to the media and to the FBI.
Schiff rejected the motion, calling the resolution a "terrible misuse of House precedent and resources" and an "attack" on the Constitution.
"Our GOP colleagues are using the leverage and resources of the House majority to rewrite history and promulgate far-right conspiracy theories — all to protect and serve Donald Trump," Schiff said in a letter to colleagues. "This resolution plainly demonstrates the lengths our GOP colleagues will go to protect Donald Trump's infinite lies — lies that incited a violent attack on this very building."
A censure vote does not remove a lawmaker from office, nor does it hold any real punishment. Rather, the move is a symbolic vote to express dissatisfaction toward a lawmaker over their voting record or personal conduct. However, the move could come back to haunt Schiff as he runs to replace the retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) in the Senate.
Luna's motion to censure builds on previous efforts from the congresswoman to expel Schiff from office, according to a separate resolution filed last month. The House is set to hold a procedural vote on Wednesday to decide how to move forward, with Democrats likely seeking to table the motion.
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Alright, let us see some unity from House Republicans. He was a liar, a leaker and a cheat. Do something about it!
Bobble head boy is the last one to talk about abuse and misuse of power.
Time to take his power away. He can still bitch to the media; but at least he will be little more than a talking puppet.
Did you notice that common thread in all their defences?
It's basically: I was an evil scoundrel but it was to get Trump!
That and $4 will get you a cup of coffee. More political circuses.
That's not the way Pelosi saw it.
How did that work for Pelosi? Did her target for censure up and leave or was it just another political blurb in the ongoing circus? It's the same circus - all we did was change ringmasters, Pelosi for McCarthy.
She felt that she put two stains on the Trump Presidency. On one of those occassions she did the most laughable thing in the history of congress. She impeached a man who was no longer even President.
Again, that and $4 will get you a cup of coffee. This tit-for-tat partisanship isn't helping the country.
the former 'president's' 'presidency' and the former 'president' himself and the majority of his enablers/supporters is/are a gigantic stain on DEMOCRACY
McCarthy is a former 'president' ass kisser - he's the insult
Especially since Schiff has every single American intelligence agency on his side, and even Putin admitted that they'd helped Trump.
Republican Senate committee backs intelligence agencies' findings that Russia meddled in 2016 election
Intel report: Putin directly ordered effort to influence election
But hey, forget all that, we gotta get back to that Hunter Biden's laptop....\sarc
You are conflating two different things again.
BTW the FBI interfered in the last 3 elections.
Schiff was doing then what Comer and Jordan are doing now. Claiming they have proof without ever showing any. It's just a fucking clown show...
Yes, he lied about proof being in plain sight. He also selectively leaked information from private sessions. He certainly earned it.
Yes. He lied. So did Jordan. So does most of Congress...
I'm not giving any personal option on whether he earned it or didn't. All I'm saying is it doesn't appear to do anything but waste time and help raise re-election cash from hyper partisans who eat this shit up with a spoon. Me? I'd rather they spent some actual time fixing immigration or spanking banks that feel the need to invest cash they don't have. Improving the electric and internet grids would help more people than investigating each other. Finding ways to help small businesses be more secure online. Finding fixes that really reduce medical costs and not just hide them.
The evidence has all been shown, if you'd step out of your right wing blogsphere, you'd see it. Even highly partisan Senate republicans could see it, or did you not click on my provided links?
I don't think you understand the concept of collusion.
Evidence produced AFTER Shiff flapped his gums. You are arguing points NOT in the article.
HAHAHAHA! Your attempt to insult me makes me laugh.
Many leftwingers do not understand it.
I think it may be because they have listened too long to Hillary, Joe, MNBC, CNN, The NYT, and the WP.
I realize the sheer frustration they all must have felt when their boy Mueller couldn't nail it onto Trump for them.
Please do show what evidence Schiff ever produced to back up his claim of Trump-Russian collusion.
and the nothingberder that is Burisma
that both sides nonsense is tiresome - no comparison between the Democrats and gop/gqp
Uh, huh, sure.
Energy companies often probably give the son of a foreign politician tons of money to do nothing at all.
Nothing to see here, right?
LMAO!
Whataboutisms are the only defense they have, as feeble as it is.
Please do show what evidence Schiff ever produced to back up his claim of Trump-Russian collusion.
... barr had it classified.
prove it.
here you go ...
It doesn’t say what you think it says. Barr did not Classify Adam Schitt evidence. Why lie about something so stupid?
I wish that was the info I asked for but hey great try!
perhaps he doesn't know what we are talking about.
I know that is a rather obvious answer but entirely apropos in this case.
you needed to read more than the headline...
you needed to follow the conversation so you could have provided what was asked.
try as I might to find it, not one thing in your link talks about the evidence Schiff claimed he had
Plus PD&D plus delusion
Schiffty has no self awareness or shame.
Just how our friends on the left like them.
Crooked as hell …..
Pelosi liked him for successfully impeaching judges. I think we should review those proceedings.
Agreed, heads need to start rolling or shysters like Schiff will just keep doing it. We need consequences. Heavy duty consequences for asshats like Schiff.
Well, this is really dumb motion because Russia really did "interfere in the 2016 American Presidential election" both to help Trump and to hurt Mrs Clinton. That is not debatable. These are proven facts. Trump has just never been convicted in a American court of law for conspiring directly with Russia regarding the implementation of the massive Russian interference campaign in the 2016 election, which was all to Trump's advantage!
It is very hard to prove stuff which didn't happen.
We've been waiting for years now for the little weasel Schiff to produce what he CLAIMS to have had.
Hell, Schiff would do great here amongst you, claiming wild shit and then never proving it.
Birds of a feather
Do tend to flock together
At Vlad Putin's personal behest Russia State Intelligence Services mounted a huge expensive interference campaign to spread lies, propaganda and misinformation helping Trump and hurting Mrs Clinton in the lead up to the 2016 US Presidential elections...
So, over one hundred million Americans were exposed to this on social media though the total impact is impossible to measure.
poor things! whatever shall we dooooooo????
Huge expensive campaign, I didn’t think that they pay that well.
what lies did the Russians tell about your heroine?
Or, millions of Americans didn't need Russia and payed attention and saw that she was a horrible candidate and voted against her.
And that's the truth - plus Comey's October surprise
Even Mueller and his zero restriction investigation couldn't find anything on it. But somehow, in the minds of the left and the idiots they follow (Schiff, Pelosi, etc.), it happened.
Maybe you should look at ALL the information, not just those that soothe your hurt TDS riddled feelings.
Some will look at the information. When it's something they don't agree with they go into another temper tantrum, letting their feelings get in the way, and then they will double down on stupid.
Other's have trouble comprehending the information or just won't look at it at all and try to play down the sources.
true, when will you start?
"Schiff just hit the fan," Luna said in a tweet.
Mr Potato Head meets the veg-o-matic
Schiffty lied to you
And Pelosi knew
Turk 182
Nothing is going to happen. But, then, that's not really the point. The only thing that's necessary is for Luna to make allegations the same way Schiff made allegations.
Luna pulled a Schiff on Schiff.
His lies about the FISA warrants alone (which the gullible media ran with) are enough to justify his censure.
The only thing that Schiff should feel flattered by is that he was able to hoodwink low-info voters and left wing media for years into believing he possessed "evidence in plain sight" but was never forced to present that evidence.
Seems that stupid doesn't realize his lies are what led to the first impeachment. This could be seen as a start to correct the record.
Honesty, integrity, and self-awareness are not among Schiff's questionable attributes.
So those are among his unquestionable attributes.
Representative Anna Luna (R) is Florida's version of George Santos.
The censure failed today in the House by a vote of 225 to 196.
It is all a smokescreen to take some heat off of their backs for 5 seconds...
All they have...
the House has heat on them ?
Seems all trump sycophants do these days...
thats funny!
Yep. Just as funny as republicans that have nothing better to do in the House.
But the faithful wave and cheer....
I think they should have censured Schiff. or made him produce what he always claimed he had but never produced.
Like Jordan?
sure, we can wait a few years though like we have had to do with the weasel Schiff
Annnddd the vote failed. Maybe it's time to get on with real business? No?