The House has rejected an effort to censure California Rep. Adam Schiff, turning aside a Republican attempt to fine the Democrat over his comments about former President Donald Trump and investigations into his ties to Russia.
Schiff, the former Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and the lead prosecutor in Trump’s first impeachment trial, has long been a top Republican political target. Soon after taking back the majority this year, RepublicansBut Schiff was helped Wednesday by more than 20 Republicans who voted with Democrats to stop the censure resolution or voted "present," giving Democrats enough votes to block the measure.
The vote was a rare victory for Democrats in the Republican-led House, and they cheered and patted Schiff on the back after the vote was gaveled down. "I’m flattered they think I’m so effective they have to go after me in this way," Schiff, who is running forTrump's indictment and what it means for the 2024 presidential campaignFlorida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a newly elected Republican who sponsored the measure, passed Schiff in the hallway after the vote and told him she would try again.
Luna later tweeted that she would remove a portion of the resolution that suggested a $16 million fine if the House Ethics Committee determined that Schiff "lied, made misrepresentations and abused sensitive information." Some Republicans, including Kentucky Sen. Thomas Massie, had argued that the fine — which Luna had said was half the cost of the Mueller probe — was unconstitutional.
"Next week, we will be filing a motion to censure and investigate Schiff," Luna tweeted. "We are removing fine as that seems to be what made these Republicans uneasy."The resolution says that Schiff held positions of power during Trump’s presidency and "abused this trust by saying there was evidence of collusion between Trump’s campaign and Russia.
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