The House voted on Wednesday to reject a GOP-backed resolution to censure Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff for his role in congressional investigations of former President Donald Trump, effectively killing the effort to publicly reprimand him.
to censure Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff for his role in congressional investigations of former President Donald Trump, effectively killing the effort to publicly reprimand him.
Schiff has been one of Trump's most ardent and high-profile critics for years, having served as the House's lead prosecutor in Trump's first impeachment trial. In a letter to colleagues on Tuesday, Schiff wrote that the effort to censure him was"not only a terrible misuse of House precedent and resources, but a clear attack on our constitutional system of checks and balances.
The censure resolution alleged Schiff"purposely deceived his Committee, Congress, and the American people" and"used his position and access to sensitive information to instigate a fraudulently based investigation, which he then used to amass political gain and fundraising dollars." It also accused him of acting"dishonestly and dishonorably.
"This is political payback. But it's also, frankly, quite flattering. They must view me as very effective. They want to go after me to gratify the former president," SchiffSchiff said the effort to censure him would not silence or intimidate him. to charges that he kept and hid classified documents, and then obstructed the government's efforts to retrieve them.
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