Dwain Northey (Gen X)
Censure is a formal statement of disapproval in the form of a resolution that is adopted by majority vote. The term “censure” is not found in the Constitution, and the word does not have to appear in the resolution.
Adam Schiff was censured in the House of Representatives by the Republicans for having the temerity to investigate the former head of the Executive branch for crimes he is currently under indictment for.
Here is the charge.
“Adam Schiff launched an all-out political campaign built on baseless distortions against a sitting U.S. president,” Ms. Luna said. The censure accused him of engaging in “falsehoods, misrepresentations and abuses of sensitive information” as he sought to unearth connections between Mr. Trump and Russia.
To anyone who has been paying attention, everything Schiff accused Trump of doing has been proven to be true. This means the Republican are just mad because they got caught and the Democrats finally had the balls to call them out, not only call them out but prove that they were guilty.
The last member to be censured was Representative Paul Gosar, Republican of Arizona, in 2021, after he posted a manipulated video on his social media depicting himself killing Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, and attacking Mr. Biden.
Threatening to murder a fellow member of the House seems to be a valid reason to censure someone and MTG was removed from committees for threats and outright lies so censuring Adam Schiff for provable facts seems to be an appropriate response.
The republicans not only wanted Schiff censured but they wanted him expelled and fined $17millon. Wow the redhat party really has issues with the truth. Donny Dumbass even put out a statement that any GOP house member that didn’t vote for the censure would be primaried for their seat.
How does this twice impeached, loser of the popular vote twice, federally indited on 37 counts, convicted sexual offender, have power over sitting members in the republican party? I really want to know…
The Mueller Investigation that Adam Schiff is being censured for did not exonerate Trump of anything but did have some notable convictions.
Roger Stone
Stone, a longtime Trump associate and political consultant, was indicted in January on seven charges related to lying to investigators about efforts by top Trump campaign aides to learn about WikiLeaks plans to release emails that Russian operatives had stolen from the Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee.
Michael Flynn
Trump’s former national security adviser pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to investigators about meetings with Russians during the presidential transition. He cooperated with Mueller under a plea agreement and still awaits sentencing.
Michael Cohen
Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer pleaded guilty in November 2018 to lying to Congress about a proposed real-estate deal in Moscow. He also pleaded guilty in August 2018 to charges related to making hush money payments to two women who claimed to have had sex with Trump. Cohen was sentenced in December 2018 to three years in prison.
Paul Manafort
Trump’s former campaign chairman was convicted in August of tax and bank charges. He also pleaded guilty in September to conspiracy to commit money laundering, tax fraud and failing to register to represent foreign interests, and to obstruction of justice. Manafort was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison.
Rick Gates
Gates worked for Manafort before and during the campaign and also headed Trump’s inaugural committee. He pleaded guilty in February 2018 to conspiracy and lying to FBI agents and prosecutors. He cooperated with Mueller and awaits sentencing.
Konstantin Kilimnik
Kilimnik is an alleged Russian spy who worked with Manafort and Gates in Kiev. He was indicted in June 2018 on charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice.
George Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, pleaded guilty in October 2017 to lying to FBI agents. He served 14 days in prison and was ordered to pay a $9,500 fine and complete 200 hours of community service.
Alex van der Zwaan
Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan pleaded guilty in February 2018 to lying to FBI agents about his work for Manafort and Gates. He served 30 days in prison
and was fined $20,000.
Richard Pinedo
Pinedo pleaded guilty in February 2018 to identity fraud for trading in bank account numbers from stolen identities that were then used by the Russians. Pinedo was sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to complete 100 hours of community service.
12 Russian nationals tied to hacking
The twelve Russians were indicted in July 2018 on charges related to a conspiracy to hack Democratic computers with the goal of influencing the 2016 election. Charges included aggravated identity theft and money laundering.
Internet Research Agency
Thirteen Russian nationals and three entities, including the Internet Research Agency, were indicted in February 2018 with conspiracy to defraud the U.S. for interfering with the election. Three were charged with conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud. Five were charged with aggravated identity theft.
Now let’s see what the Durham Report found…
Just three prosecutions resulted from Durham’s investigation. Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty, admitting that he doctored an email that was submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court as part of an application used to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Prominent Democratic lawyer Michael Sussmann was acquitted on charges of lying to investigators about his ties to Clinton’s presidential campaign when he brought allegations to the FBI related to the Trump investigation.
The case against Russian analyst Igor Danchenko also ended with an acquittal. Danchenko was accused of lying to investigators about the sources of information he provided to Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer behind the controversial dossier about Trump and Russia.
The Mueller report cost the government. The cost was said to be approximately $32million but investigation had acquired somewhere between $26 million and $42 million worth of revenue for the federal treasury. So that looks like it either cost $6million or netted $10million.
The Durham report cost $6.5million and produced nothing.
I think that the person that called for Durhams sham investigation should be censured… can we look into that.
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