Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) told lawmakers that a pending vote to censure him would be a “badge of honor” as he characterized the partisan effort as an attempt to punish him for trying to hold Donald Trump accountable
him would be a “badge of honor” as he characterized the partisan effort as an attempt to punish him for trying to hold Donald Trump accountable. has led the censure resolution, accusing Schiff of abusing his privileges as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee to “lie, lie, lie to the American people that there was direct evidence of collusion” between the Trump campaign and Russia in 2016.
A final vote on the resolution is scheduled for later on Wednesday, after an effort to table it was rejected in a party line vote. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy earlier this year moved to pull Schiff off the House Intelligence Committee. On the floor of the House, Schiff said that “if there is a cause to censure in this House, and there is, it should be directed at those in this body who sought to overturn a free and fair election.”
A censure does not remove a member from Congress, but strips them of any committee chairs they hold, which Schiff does not. Schiff has cited the censure in campaign appeals.
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