Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California is facing censure from the U.S. House.
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff was defiant Wednesday as the Republican-led House prepared to censure him over his comments made several years ago during investigations into President Donald Trump's ties to Russia. He said he will wear the formal disapproval as a "badge of honor" and charged his GOP colleagues of doing the former president's bidding.
"By repeatedly telling these falsehoods, Representative Schiff purposely deceived his Committee, Congress, and the American people," the resolution said. While Schiff did not initiate the 2017 congressional investigation into Trump's Russia ties - then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, a Republican who later became one of Trump's most ardent defenders, started it - Republicans arguing in favor of his censure on Wednesday blamed him for what they said was the fallout of that probe, and of the separate investigation started that same year by Trump's own Justice Department.
Mueller, who led the two-year Justice Department investigation, determined that Russia intervened on the campaign's behalf and that Trump's campaign welcomed the help. But Mueller's team did not find that the campaign conspired to sway the election, and the Justice Department did not recommend any criminal charges.
After Democrats won the House majority in 2018, the House impeached Trump for abuse of power after he threatened to withhold military aid to Ukraine and urged the country's president to investigate then-candidate Joe Biden. Schiff was the lead House prosecutor making the case for conviction to the Senate, arguing repeatedly that "right matters." The Republican-led chamber ultimately acquitted him.
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