Rolling Stone
"The Democratic Plot To Take Down Their Impeachment Hero"
Story by Kara Voght
18 FEBRUARY 2023
To a certain cadre of loyal MSNBC viewers, Adam Schiff is the platonic ideal of a Democrat.
The California congressman supports universal health care.
He eschews corporate PAC money (these days, at least).
He’s an understated former prosecutor who takes his job seriously even as Washington often descends into fundamental unseriousness.
Look no further than his management of then-President Donald Trump’s first impeachment as proof.
For this, he was on the receiving end of the former president’s characteristic uninspired hate-speak: He was “liddle” and “shifty” and a “pencil-necked” weakling and everything he said was “bull-Schiff.”
In a time of tribal, fractured politics, there was no great honor — no quality more likely to win him the adoration of his fellow Democrats — than to be labeled Public Enemy No. 1 by Trump World.
And yet, in the early stages of the 2024 election cycle, Schiff finds himself facing a riptide of opposition from the Democratic faithful in his Senate race to replace retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
He may have the support of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and be the early favorite of establishment Democrats, but in the liberal crucible of California politics, being a national figure whose name is practically synonymous with the preservation of democracy does not pave an easy path to the U.S. Senate.
The anti-Schiff sentiment is fomenting at the beginning of the “insiders primary,” as Rose Kapolczynski, longtime campaign manager for former Sen. Barbara Boxer, calls it — the behind-the-scenes chatter among the donors, consultants, and activists who lend credibility to nascent campaigns.
Some Democratic donors have been strategizing on how to ensure the two women in the race, Reps. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) — both liberal stalwarts in their own right — persevere against Schiff.
Progressive activists have launched a nascent disparagement campaign, carried out in the open on Twitter and in private over group chats, that knocks Schiff’s past positions on healthcare and criminal justice reform.
Others have publicly undermined Schiff’s pro-democracy brand by highlighting reports that he hadn’t been as eager to impeach Trump as he claims.
It’s a torrent of criticism Schiff’s supporters have met with eye rolls.
“He was as progressive as you could be on the most important thing of all: defending the rule of law in our democracy,” says Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), who endorsed Schiff’s candidacy last month.
As for the concerns about identity politics, too much focus on them have “gotten us in a lot of trouble,” California Assemblymember Tina McKinnor, a Black progressive who represents Inglewood and endorsed Schiff.
“People who look like me may not carry my progressive values."
"I want the best person for the job.”
To Democrats devoted to electing women, the possibility of Schiff’s election has been met as a five-alarm fire.
For most of the last three decades, both of California’s U.S. Senate seats were held by women.
Feinstein and Boxer were elected in 1992, the so-called “Year of the Woman.”
Upon retiring, Boxer was followed in 2017 by Kamala Harris, and when Harris ascended to the vice presidency, her successor was Alex Padilla.
EMILY’s List, the national organization dedicated to electing Democratic women, hasn’t ruled out independent expenditures against Schiff.
Electing Women Alliance plans to hold events for both Lee and Porter and has been encouraging donors to give to both campaigns.
They’re strategies oriented toward California’s “jungle primary” system that advances the top two vote-earners, regardless of party, to the general election “to ensure a woman would hold this seat,” says Stacy Mason, EWA’s executive director.
“We find it unconscionable that two men could represent California in the U.S. Senate after the historic role this state has played.”
Others view Lee’s candidacy as an opportunity to send a Black woman to the Senate, a body with none at present and only two in its entire history (Harris and former Illinois Sen. Carol Moseley Braun).
“California provides a unique path to sending this woman to the Senate that Florida and North Carolina couldn’t do [in 2022],” says Aimee Alison, a California-based Democratic strategist and founder of She the People, which supports women of color running for office.
To Lee’s backers, her run is about more than simply representation: Lee’s quarter-century in Congress prepares her best, they argue.
“If this really was a country whose politics were based on meritocracy as to who was the most qualified, the most experienced, then that would be Barbara Lee,” says Kimberly Ellis, a Bay-area Democratic strategist.
Schiff’s progressive detractors, meanwhile, point to his congressional debut as a business-friendly Blue Dog Democrat and support for the Iraq war at a time when many in his party had begun to reject it.
Schiff no longer accepts corporate PAC money, but opponents point to the nearly $2 million he previously did.
During his shadow bid for attorney general following Xavier Becerra’s appointment as Biden’s Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Schiff encountered resistance from racial justice activists who faulted him for a tough-on-crime approach he held during his time in the California legislature.
While Schiff now embraces the market basket of lefty litmus tests — Medicare for All and the Green New Deal, among others — “he hasn’t been someone who leads the fight,” says Amar Shergill, the chair of the California Democratic Party’s Progressive Caucus.
“He stands at the back of the crowd and says ‘I will vote for these things if you force me to.’”
That record strikes a contrast to the left-flank bona fides of Lee, the only congressional lawmaker to vote against the Iraq War, and Porter, an Elizabeth Warren acolyte who is as synonymous with attacking corporate greed as Schiff is with preserving democracy.
Schiff’s progressives supporters, however, find the charges meritless.
“Trying to extract purity tests from those metrics is just becoming tiresome,” says Huffman, a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Others see Schiff’s political evolution as an asset.
Konstantine Anthony, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and mayor of Burbank — which Schiff represents in Congress — endorsed Schiff earlier this week on the grounds that the congressman would no longer accept corporate PAC money.
“Supporting a Democrat who has decided to fundamentally shift the way money is raised and politics is funded in California is a huge opportunity for us,” he says.
The left flank’s anti-Schiff sentiment is a byproduct of what a U.S. Senate seat in California means for Democrats: A lifetime appointment.
Supporters of Lee and Porter argue that California, a vanguard of liberalism, is a state ripe for sending the most liberal candidate possible to the Senate.
They recall that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) won California’s 2020 Democratic presidential primary.
They note that in 2018, the California Democratic Party endorsed progressive state Sen. Kevin de Leon over Feinstein, who was deemed insufficiently progressive.
(They skate over the recall of Chesa Boudin, the progressive district attorney in San Francisco who was recalled last summer.)
“This is a generational seat, so it’s a big deal,” says Jane Kim, the state director of the California Working Families’ Party.
“Big races push an agenda forward, it can be an inflection point in movement.”
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Re: ADAM SCHIFF
FOX NEWS
"Adam Schiff, who repeatedly claimed evidence of Russian collusion, denounces Durham report as 'flawed'"
Story by Charles Creitz
17 MAY 2023
Rep. Adam Schiff, formerly the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, claimed the release of Special Counsel John Durham's report on the origins of the Russia investigation revealed the probe was "flawed."
"This is an investigation that started in a flawed manner, it was conducted in a flawed manner, and its conclusion is a flawed conclusion," Schiff told MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell on Tuesday.
Schiff went on to characterize Durham's probe as one that began because then-President Donald Trump was "badgering" his attorney general, Bill Barr, to "investigate the investigators."
The Democrat also claimed Durham's conclusions add "very little" to a two-year-old report from Inspector General Michael Horowitz – and does not prove a "deep state conspiracy" as alleged by Trump and members of the GOP.
He called Durham's investigation "wasted effort" and "four years of undermining the department [of justice] and a political prosecution."
Schiff, who was booted from the committee by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, has since been replaced there by Rep. James Himes, D-Conn. – and has also announced a bid to replace incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
In the past, Schiff has repeatedly claimed there is "clear evidence on the issue of collusion" between the Kremlin and Trump's 2016 campaign.
"I don't want to go into specifics, but I will say that there is evidence that is not circumstantial."
"But as I've said all along, there's plenty of evidence of collusion," he told "Meet The Press" in 2017.
On "The Story," William McGurn – a member of the Wall Street Journal's editorial board which had released an editorial calling Durham's probe a "damning account of the corruption of the FBI and its accomplices" – was asked about the difference in opinion with Schiff.
Anchor Trace Gallagher noted the editorial board also claimed the FBI knew the discredited "dossier" compiled by ex-MI6 spy Christopher Steele "came from Clinton and was phony to begin with."
McGurn said it is no surprise Democrats like Schiff, as well as those interviewed on Capitol Hill by Fox News Digital on Tuesday, are dismissing the Durham report.
"The Russia collusion story was the gaslighting of America."
"It was outrageous, the falsehoods, and it involved the highest levels of law enforcement and intelligence on that part," McGurn said.
He said that Barr seemingly ignored his own personal differences with Trump to clearly state Tuesday that the former president has been vindicated and that the Russia probe was untoward.
"Only Adam Schiff there in those clips talked about the collusion."
"I mean, Durham said the FBI opened the investigation without any evidence."
"He also found bias in the FBI, and he found double standards [in] how they treated the Hillary Clinton campaign," he said.
"And the problem is so many people in Washington were implicated in this hoax that they don't want the same thing."
"Their strategy now is to pretend it didn't happen and not discuss it."
In the Fox News Digital montage, Democratic Reps. Daniel Goldman of New York, Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, and Jamie Raskin of Maryland were interviewed.
Goldman, who previously served as Democratic impeachment counsel against Trump, said it "is very disappointing to see a once venerable prosecutor clearly infected by political bias," ostensibly referring to Durham.
Meanwhile, Raskin, a member of the House January 6 Committee, called the probe a "naked self-justification" for the millions taxpayer funds spent on "a wild goose chase."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... e7a0&ei=46
"Adam Schiff, who repeatedly claimed evidence of Russian collusion, denounces Durham report as 'flawed'"
Story by Charles Creitz
17 MAY 2023
Rep. Adam Schiff, formerly the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, claimed the release of Special Counsel John Durham's report on the origins of the Russia investigation revealed the probe was "flawed."
"This is an investigation that started in a flawed manner, it was conducted in a flawed manner, and its conclusion is a flawed conclusion," Schiff told MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell on Tuesday.
Schiff went on to characterize Durham's probe as one that began because then-President Donald Trump was "badgering" his attorney general, Bill Barr, to "investigate the investigators."
The Democrat also claimed Durham's conclusions add "very little" to a two-year-old report from Inspector General Michael Horowitz – and does not prove a "deep state conspiracy" as alleged by Trump and members of the GOP.
He called Durham's investigation "wasted effort" and "four years of undermining the department [of justice] and a political prosecution."
Schiff, who was booted from the committee by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, has since been replaced there by Rep. James Himes, D-Conn. – and has also announced a bid to replace incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
In the past, Schiff has repeatedly claimed there is "clear evidence on the issue of collusion" between the Kremlin and Trump's 2016 campaign.
"I don't want to go into specifics, but I will say that there is evidence that is not circumstantial."
"But as I've said all along, there's plenty of evidence of collusion," he told "Meet The Press" in 2017.
On "The Story," William McGurn – a member of the Wall Street Journal's editorial board which had released an editorial calling Durham's probe a "damning account of the corruption of the FBI and its accomplices" – was asked about the difference in opinion with Schiff.
Anchor Trace Gallagher noted the editorial board also claimed the FBI knew the discredited "dossier" compiled by ex-MI6 spy Christopher Steele "came from Clinton and was phony to begin with."
McGurn said it is no surprise Democrats like Schiff, as well as those interviewed on Capitol Hill by Fox News Digital on Tuesday, are dismissing the Durham report.
"The Russia collusion story was the gaslighting of America."
"It was outrageous, the falsehoods, and it involved the highest levels of law enforcement and intelligence on that part," McGurn said.
He said that Barr seemingly ignored his own personal differences with Trump to clearly state Tuesday that the former president has been vindicated and that the Russia probe was untoward.
"Only Adam Schiff there in those clips talked about the collusion."
"I mean, Durham said the FBI opened the investigation without any evidence."
"He also found bias in the FBI, and he found double standards [in] how they treated the Hillary Clinton campaign," he said.
"And the problem is so many people in Washington were implicated in this hoax that they don't want the same thing."
"Their strategy now is to pretend it didn't happen and not discuss it."
In the Fox News Digital montage, Democratic Reps. Daniel Goldman of New York, Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, and Jamie Raskin of Maryland were interviewed.
Goldman, who previously served as Democratic impeachment counsel against Trump, said it "is very disappointing to see a once venerable prosecutor clearly infected by political bias," ostensibly referring to Durham.
Meanwhile, Raskin, a member of the House January 6 Committee, called the probe a "naked self-justification" for the millions taxpayer funds spent on "a wild goose chase."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... e7a0&ei=46
Re: ADAM SCHIFF
THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR MAY 18, 2023 AT 8:40 PM
Paul R. Plante says:
And as if we needed any more proof as to just how worthless and stupid the Washingtonian politics have become under the RULING DEMOCRATS, here comes the smarmy pencil-neck Adam “SHIFTY” Schiff, the congress person for Snow White and Goofy in Disneyland, to give us some anyway:
Fox News
“Adam Schiff, who repeatedly claimed evidence of Russian collusion, denounces Durham report as ‘flawed'”
Story by Charles Creitz
17 May 2023
Rep. Adam Schiff, formerly the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, claimed the release of Special Counsel John Durham’s report on the origins of the Russia investigation revealed the probe was “flawed.”
end quotes
Keeping in mind that this is the idiotic TWERP who blew Trump’s first impeachment big time because he had NO EVIDENCE to support it speaking here, where the word “flawed” belongs to his efforts to impeach Trump, let’s go back to the story, to wit:
“This is an investigation that started in a flawed manner, it was conducted in a flawed manner, and its conclusion is a flawed conclusion,” Schiff told MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell on Tuesday.
end quote
Sounds very much as if Adam is reflecting on his failed effort to impeach Trump, with his “investigation,” which was covered in detail by the Cape Charles Mirror (Op-Ed: Cut the crap, Adam Schiff!, December 16, 2018 http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/op-ed- ... am-schiff/ ) starting in a flawed manner, being conducted in a flawed manner, and with its conclusion a flawed conclusion,
Going back to the story of Adam acting the complete jerk here, we have:
Schiff went on to characterize Durham’s probe as one that began because then-President Donald Trump was “badgering” his attorney general, Bill Barr, to “investigate the investigators.”
The Democrat also claimed Durham’s conclusions add “very little” to a two-year-old report from Inspector General Michael Horowitz – and does not prove a “deep state conspiracy” as alleged by Trump and members of the GOP.
He called Durham’s investigation “wasted effort” and “four years of undermining the department [of justice] and a political prosecution.”
In the past, Schiff has repeatedly claimed there is “clear evidence on the issue of collusion” between the Kremlin and Trump’s 2016 campaign.
“I don’t want to go into specifics, but I will say that there is evidence that is not circumstantial.”
“But as I’ve said all along, there’s plenty of evidence of collusion,” he told “Meet The Press” in 2017.
On “The Story,” William McGurn – a member of the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board which had released an editorial calling Durham’s probe a “damning account of the corruption of the FBI and its accomplices” – was asked about the difference in opinion with Schiff.
Anchor Trace Gallagher noted the editorial board also claimed the FBI knew the discredited “dossier” compiled by ex-MI6 spy Christopher Steele “came from Clinton and was phony to begin with.”
McGurn said it is no surprise Democrats like Schiff, as well as those interviewed on Capitol Hill by Fox News Digital on Tuesday, are dismissing the Durham report.
“The Russia collusion story was the gaslighting of America.”
“It was outrageous, the falsehoods, and it involved the highest levels of law enforcement and intelligence on that part,” McGurn said.
He said that Barr seemingly ignored his own personal differences with Trump to clearly state Tuesday that the former president has been vindicated and that the Russia probe was untoward.
“Only Adam Schiff there in those clips talked about the collusion.”
“I mean, Durham said the FBI opened the investigation without any evidence.”
“He also found bias in the FBI, and he found double standards [in] how they treated the Hillary Clinton campaign,” he said.
“And the problem is so many people in Washington were implicated in this hoax that they don’t want the same thing.”
“Their strategy now is to pretend it didn’t happen and not discuss it.”
In the Fox News Digital montage, Democratic Reps. Daniel Goldman of New York, Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, and Jamie Raskin of Maryland were interviewed.
Goldman, who previously served as Democratic impeachment counsel against Trump, said it “is very disappointing to see a once venerable prosecutor clearly infected by political bias,” ostensibly referring to Durham.
Meanwhile, Raskin, a member of the House January 6 Committee, called the probe a “naked self-justification” for the millions taxpayer funds spent on “a wild goose chase.”
end quotes
And there, courtesy of the Cape Charles Mirror, is the latest bull**** in a never-ending stream of bull**** from the RULING DEMOCRATS in the sick and perverted TEN MILES SQUARE that is known as Washington, D.C.
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/fbi-pr ... ent-801264
Paul R. Plante says:
And as if we needed any more proof as to just how worthless and stupid the Washingtonian politics have become under the RULING DEMOCRATS, here comes the smarmy pencil-neck Adam “SHIFTY” Schiff, the congress person for Snow White and Goofy in Disneyland, to give us some anyway:
Fox News
“Adam Schiff, who repeatedly claimed evidence of Russian collusion, denounces Durham report as ‘flawed'”
Story by Charles Creitz
17 May 2023
Rep. Adam Schiff, formerly the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, claimed the release of Special Counsel John Durham’s report on the origins of the Russia investigation revealed the probe was “flawed.”
end quotes
Keeping in mind that this is the idiotic TWERP who blew Trump’s first impeachment big time because he had NO EVIDENCE to support it speaking here, where the word “flawed” belongs to his efforts to impeach Trump, let’s go back to the story, to wit:
“This is an investigation that started in a flawed manner, it was conducted in a flawed manner, and its conclusion is a flawed conclusion,” Schiff told MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell on Tuesday.
end quote
Sounds very much as if Adam is reflecting on his failed effort to impeach Trump, with his “investigation,” which was covered in detail by the Cape Charles Mirror (Op-Ed: Cut the crap, Adam Schiff!, December 16, 2018 http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/op-ed- ... am-schiff/ ) starting in a flawed manner, being conducted in a flawed manner, and with its conclusion a flawed conclusion,
Going back to the story of Adam acting the complete jerk here, we have:
Schiff went on to characterize Durham’s probe as one that began because then-President Donald Trump was “badgering” his attorney general, Bill Barr, to “investigate the investigators.”
The Democrat also claimed Durham’s conclusions add “very little” to a two-year-old report from Inspector General Michael Horowitz – and does not prove a “deep state conspiracy” as alleged by Trump and members of the GOP.
He called Durham’s investigation “wasted effort” and “four years of undermining the department [of justice] and a political prosecution.”
In the past, Schiff has repeatedly claimed there is “clear evidence on the issue of collusion” between the Kremlin and Trump’s 2016 campaign.
“I don’t want to go into specifics, but I will say that there is evidence that is not circumstantial.”
“But as I’ve said all along, there’s plenty of evidence of collusion,” he told “Meet The Press” in 2017.
On “The Story,” William McGurn – a member of the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board which had released an editorial calling Durham’s probe a “damning account of the corruption of the FBI and its accomplices” – was asked about the difference in opinion with Schiff.
Anchor Trace Gallagher noted the editorial board also claimed the FBI knew the discredited “dossier” compiled by ex-MI6 spy Christopher Steele “came from Clinton and was phony to begin with.”
McGurn said it is no surprise Democrats like Schiff, as well as those interviewed on Capitol Hill by Fox News Digital on Tuesday, are dismissing the Durham report.
“The Russia collusion story was the gaslighting of America.”
“It was outrageous, the falsehoods, and it involved the highest levels of law enforcement and intelligence on that part,” McGurn said.
He said that Barr seemingly ignored his own personal differences with Trump to clearly state Tuesday that the former president has been vindicated and that the Russia probe was untoward.
“Only Adam Schiff there in those clips talked about the collusion.”
“I mean, Durham said the FBI opened the investigation without any evidence.”
“He also found bias in the FBI, and he found double standards [in] how they treated the Hillary Clinton campaign,” he said.
“And the problem is so many people in Washington were implicated in this hoax that they don’t want the same thing.”
“Their strategy now is to pretend it didn’t happen and not discuss it.”
In the Fox News Digital montage, Democratic Reps. Daniel Goldman of New York, Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, and Jamie Raskin of Maryland were interviewed.
Goldman, who previously served as Democratic impeachment counsel against Trump, said it “is very disappointing to see a once venerable prosecutor clearly infected by political bias,” ostensibly referring to Durham.
Meanwhile, Raskin, a member of the House January 6 Committee, called the probe a “naked self-justification” for the millions taxpayer funds spent on “a wild goose chase.”
end quotes
And there, courtesy of the Cape Charles Mirror, is the latest bull**** in a never-ending stream of bull**** from the RULING DEMOCRATS in the sick and perverted TEN MILES SQUARE that is known as Washington, D.C.
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/fbi-pr ... ent-801264
Re: ADAM SCHIFF
FOX NEWS
"GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna seeks $16 million fine against Adam Schiff for ‘lies’ about Trump-Russia collusion"
Story by Peter Kasperowicz
24 MAY 2023
FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., introduced a resolution that would fine Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., $16 million for his claims that former President Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election.
Luna says that amount is about half of the cost of the federal investigation into alleged Trump-Russia collusion, which was debunked by special counsel reports from both Robert Mueller and John Durham.
"The GOP Conference agrees that Adam Schiff has betrayed the trust of the American people, purposely abused positions of extreme authority, lied continuously, and as such, must be held to account," Luna said.
"Accordingly, the resolution requires Rep. Schiff to pay a $16 million dollar fine, half of the cost American taxpayers were forced to pay for the Russia hoax investigation."
Luna’s resolution said as chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Schiff had a position of "extreme trust" that gave him access to sensitive information not available to other members.
But Schiff "abused this trust" by citing evidence of collusion that later special counsel reports showed did not exist.
"By repeatedly telling these falsehoods, Representative Schiff purposely deceived his Committee, Congress, and the American people," the resolution said.
It noted that Schiff "lent credibility" to the Steele dossier, supported a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant against Trump aide Carter Page, and publicly accused Page of being a Russian collaborator.
"Representative Schiff exploited his positions on HPSCI to encourage and excuse abusive intelligence investigations of Americans for political purposes," it said.
"Representative Schiff 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."
"American taxpayers paid $32 million to fund the investigation into collusion that was launched as a result of Rep. Schiff’s lies, misrepresentations, and abuses of sensitive information," it added.
The resolution "censures and condemns" Schiff for "conduct that misleads the American people in a way that is not befitting an elected Member of the House" and declares that Schiff is fined $16 million.
"It is the obligation of House Leadership to back up this motion for the American people and hold this feckless man accountable," Luna said.
Last week, Luna introduced a separate resolution to expel Schiff from Congress for abusing his position on the intelligence committee.
Durham released a report last week that found significant FBI failures and no evidence that Donald Trump's campaign was coordinated with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Schiff spent years arguing there was evidence to the contrary.
He said in 2017 that the "evidence is not circumstantial."
Last week, Schiff said Luna’s resolution to expel him from Congress was "payback" for his effort to hold Trump accountable.
"A MAGA Republican Member of Congress just filed a motion to expel me from the U.S. House of Representatives."
"I stood up to Donald Trump and held extreme MAGA forces accountable," Schiff, who is running for the Senate, said on Twitter last week.
"Now they want payback."
"They’ll go after anyone who defends the rule of law."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... 6731&ei=54
"GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna seeks $16 million fine against Adam Schiff for ‘lies’ about Trump-Russia collusion"
Story by Peter Kasperowicz
24 MAY 2023
FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., introduced a resolution that would fine Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., $16 million for his claims that former President Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election.
Luna says that amount is about half of the cost of the federal investigation into alleged Trump-Russia collusion, which was debunked by special counsel reports from both Robert Mueller and John Durham.
"The GOP Conference agrees that Adam Schiff has betrayed the trust of the American people, purposely abused positions of extreme authority, lied continuously, and as such, must be held to account," Luna said.
"Accordingly, the resolution requires Rep. Schiff to pay a $16 million dollar fine, half of the cost American taxpayers were forced to pay for the Russia hoax investigation."
Luna’s resolution said as chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Schiff had a position of "extreme trust" that gave him access to sensitive information not available to other members.
But Schiff "abused this trust" by citing evidence of collusion that later special counsel reports showed did not exist.
"By repeatedly telling these falsehoods, Representative Schiff purposely deceived his Committee, Congress, and the American people," the resolution said.
It noted that Schiff "lent credibility" to the Steele dossier, supported a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant against Trump aide Carter Page, and publicly accused Page of being a Russian collaborator.
"Representative Schiff exploited his positions on HPSCI to encourage and excuse abusive intelligence investigations of Americans for political purposes," it said.
"Representative Schiff 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."
"American taxpayers paid $32 million to fund the investigation into collusion that was launched as a result of Rep. Schiff’s lies, misrepresentations, and abuses of sensitive information," it added.
The resolution "censures and condemns" Schiff for "conduct that misleads the American people in a way that is not befitting an elected Member of the House" and declares that Schiff is fined $16 million.
"It is the obligation of House Leadership to back up this motion for the American people and hold this feckless man accountable," Luna said.
Last week, Luna introduced a separate resolution to expel Schiff from Congress for abusing his position on the intelligence committee.
Durham released a report last week that found significant FBI failures and no evidence that Donald Trump's campaign was coordinated with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Schiff spent years arguing there was evidence to the contrary.
He said in 2017 that the "evidence is not circumstantial."
Last week, Schiff said Luna’s resolution to expel him from Congress was "payback" for his effort to hold Trump accountable.
"A MAGA Republican Member of Congress just filed a motion to expel me from the U.S. House of Representatives."
"I stood up to Donald Trump and held extreme MAGA forces accountable," Schiff, who is running for the Senate, said on Twitter last week.
"Now they want payback."
"They’ll go after anyone who defends the rule of law."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... 6731&ei=54
Re: ADAM SCHIFF
THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR MAY 26, 2023 AT 8:23 PM
Paul R. Plante says:
If someone were to ask me if I could express pretty much all of what is wrong today with American politics at the national level in just two words, my answer would be Adam Schiff.
Consider that there are 331.9 million people in the whole United States, while there are only 714,897 people in Adam Schiff’s congressional district which includes Disneyland, where Adam represents Goofy and the Seven Dwarves, and Hollywood, where Adam represents Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and a host of extras hoping to make it into the big time some day, and it is those people and those people only, who can inflict the likes of Adam Schiff on us to our detriment without us being able to do a single thing about it, which is a case of a very small minority exercising control over the vast majority through the lies of the smarmy little pencil-neck Adam Schiff which takes us to a Fox News article titled “GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna seeks $16 million fine against Adam Schiff for ‘lies’ about Trump-Russia collusion” by Peter Kasperowicz on 24 May 2023, where we have the latest on Adam, to wit:
FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., introduced a resolution that would fine Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., $16 million for his claims that former President Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election.
Luna says that amount is about half of the cost of the federal investigation into alleged Trump-Russia collusion, which was debunked by special counsel reports from both Robert Mueller and John Durham.
“The GOP Conference agrees that Adam Schiff has betrayed the trust of the American people, purposely abused positions of extreme authority, lied continuously, and as such, must be held to account,” Luna said.
end quotes
And there, people, is exactly what I am talking about when I say that to me Adam Schiff epitomizes everything wrong with American politics at the national level, where a very small handful of people in California whose values are far different than ours can saddle us with a smarmy little liar who betrays the trust of the American people, purposely abuses positions of extreme authority, and lies continuously, which takes us back for more, to wit:
Luna’s resolution said as chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Schiff had a position of “extreme trust” that gave him access to sensitive information not available to other members.
But Schiff “abused this trust” by citing evidence of collusion that later special counsel reports showed did not exist.
“By repeatedly telling these falsehoods, Representative Schiff purposely deceived his Committee, Congress, and the American people,” the resolution said.
end quotes
And that of course, is and has been a Democrat party tactic going way back in time, which tactic of telling GREAT BIG LIES over and over and over as if they could be made true that way has been honed to perfection by Democrats like Adam and Joe Biden, which takes us back to Fox, to wit:
It noted that Schiff “lent credibility” to the Steele dossier, supported a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant against Trump aide Carter Page, and publicly accused Page of being a Russian collaborator.
“Representative Schiff exploited his positions on HPSCI to encourage and excuse abusive intelligence investigations of Americans for political purposes,” it said.
“Representative Schiff 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.”
“American taxpayers paid $32 million to fund the investigation into collusion that was launched as a result of Rep. Schiff’s lies, misrepresentations, and abuses of sensitive information,” it added.
The resolution “censures and condemns” Schiff for “conduct that misleads the American people in a way that is not befitting an elected Member of the House” and declares that Schiff is fined $16 million.
“It is the obligation of House Leadership to back up this motion for the American people and hold this feckless man accountable,” Luna said.
Last week, Luna introduced a separate resolution to expel Schiff from Congress for abusing his position on the intelligence committee.
Durham released a report last week that found significant FBI failures and no evidence that Donald Trump’s campaign was coordinated with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Schiff spent years arguing there was evidence to the contrary.
He said in 2017 that the “evidence is not circumstantial.”
Last week, Schiff said Luna’s resolution to expel him from Congress was “payback” for his effort to hold Trump accountable.
“A MAGA Republican Member of Congress just filed a motion to expel me from the U.S. House of Representatives.”
“I stood up to Donald Trump and held extreme MAGA forces accountable,” Schiff, who is running for the Senate, said on Twitter last week.
“Now they want payback.”
“They’ll go after anyone who defends the rule of law.”
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Which sure as hell isn’t you, Adam!
And I hope they succeed in getting him tossed out because he does not deserve to be there.
Do the right thing, Congress, and send Adam Schiff back to Disneyland where he belongs!
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/assesv ... ent-804120
Paul R. Plante says:
If someone were to ask me if I could express pretty much all of what is wrong today with American politics at the national level in just two words, my answer would be Adam Schiff.
Consider that there are 331.9 million people in the whole United States, while there are only 714,897 people in Adam Schiff’s congressional district which includes Disneyland, where Adam represents Goofy and the Seven Dwarves, and Hollywood, where Adam represents Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and a host of extras hoping to make it into the big time some day, and it is those people and those people only, who can inflict the likes of Adam Schiff on us to our detriment without us being able to do a single thing about it, which is a case of a very small minority exercising control over the vast majority through the lies of the smarmy little pencil-neck Adam Schiff which takes us to a Fox News article titled “GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna seeks $16 million fine against Adam Schiff for ‘lies’ about Trump-Russia collusion” by Peter Kasperowicz on 24 May 2023, where we have the latest on Adam, to wit:
FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., introduced a resolution that would fine Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., $16 million for his claims that former President Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election.
Luna says that amount is about half of the cost of the federal investigation into alleged Trump-Russia collusion, which was debunked by special counsel reports from both Robert Mueller and John Durham.
“The GOP Conference agrees that Adam Schiff has betrayed the trust of the American people, purposely abused positions of extreme authority, lied continuously, and as such, must be held to account,” Luna said.
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And there, people, is exactly what I am talking about when I say that to me Adam Schiff epitomizes everything wrong with American politics at the national level, where a very small handful of people in California whose values are far different than ours can saddle us with a smarmy little liar who betrays the trust of the American people, purposely abuses positions of extreme authority, and lies continuously, which takes us back for more, to wit:
Luna’s resolution said as chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Schiff had a position of “extreme trust” that gave him access to sensitive information not available to other members.
But Schiff “abused this trust” by citing evidence of collusion that later special counsel reports showed did not exist.
“By repeatedly telling these falsehoods, Representative Schiff purposely deceived his Committee, Congress, and the American people,” the resolution said.
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And that of course, is and has been a Democrat party tactic going way back in time, which tactic of telling GREAT BIG LIES over and over and over as if they could be made true that way has been honed to perfection by Democrats like Adam and Joe Biden, which takes us back to Fox, to wit:
It noted that Schiff “lent credibility” to the Steele dossier, supported a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant against Trump aide Carter Page, and publicly accused Page of being a Russian collaborator.
“Representative Schiff exploited his positions on HPSCI to encourage and excuse abusive intelligence investigations of Americans for political purposes,” it said.
“Representative Schiff 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.”
“American taxpayers paid $32 million to fund the investigation into collusion that was launched as a result of Rep. Schiff’s lies, misrepresentations, and abuses of sensitive information,” it added.
The resolution “censures and condemns” Schiff for “conduct that misleads the American people in a way that is not befitting an elected Member of the House” and declares that Schiff is fined $16 million.
“It is the obligation of House Leadership to back up this motion for the American people and hold this feckless man accountable,” Luna said.
Last week, Luna introduced a separate resolution to expel Schiff from Congress for abusing his position on the intelligence committee.
Durham released a report last week that found significant FBI failures and no evidence that Donald Trump’s campaign was coordinated with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Schiff spent years arguing there was evidence to the contrary.
He said in 2017 that the “evidence is not circumstantial.”
Last week, Schiff said Luna’s resolution to expel him from Congress was “payback” for his effort to hold Trump accountable.
“A MAGA Republican Member of Congress just filed a motion to expel me from the U.S. House of Representatives.”
“I stood up to Donald Trump and held extreme MAGA forces accountable,” Schiff, who is running for the Senate, said on Twitter last week.
“Now they want payback.”
“They’ll go after anyone who defends the rule of law.”
end quotes
Which sure as hell isn’t you, Adam!
And I hope they succeed in getting him tossed out because he does not deserve to be there.
Do the right thing, Congress, and send Adam Schiff back to Disneyland where he belongs!
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/assesv ... ent-804120
Re: ADAM SCHIFF
Meaww
"'You reap what you sow': Internet roasts Democrats as Adam Schiff gets robbed in San Francisco ahead of speaking event"
Story by Bhavik Grover
28 APRIL 2024
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff experienced a taste of San Francisco's notorious crime problem firsthand on Thursday, April 25, when his luggage was stolen from his parked car before a speaking event in the city.
Despite the unsettling incident, Schiff remained composed and attended the event wearing a shirt and hiking vest, having been robbed of his formal attire.
The incident sparked an online firestorm, with many critics mocking the California lawmaker and his party's policies on law and order.
Adam Schiff goes ahead with his speaking engagement despite robbery
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Schiff's car had been parked in a downtown garage while he visited the area.
Ahead of a dinner where the Senate hopeful intended to thank high-profile lawyer Joe Cotchett for his support in the race to replace the late Dianne Feinstein, Schiff's belongings were stolen from his vehicle.
Lee Houskeeper, Cotchett's press agent who was present at the Ristorante Rocca event, reportedly warned Schiff not to leave anything in the car, quipping, "I guess it's 'Welcome to San Francisco'."
However, the congressman seemed unfazed, telling the Chronicle, "Yes, they took my bags."
"But I'm here to thank Joe."
Despite the theft of his luggage, Schiff continued with his speaking engagement, delivering his remarks without wearing a suit jacket.
Instead, he opted for a shirt and hiking vest.
Cotchett observed that the congressman behaved as though everything was normal during his visit.
Notably, Schiff grew up in San Francisco and has served in the California delegation for over two decades.
The theft of Schiff's belongings in San Francisco comes amidst a backdrop of rising crime rates in the city, which has prompted concerns among residents and businesses alike.
The city has witnessed a mass exodus of retailers from its downtown area, with prominent stores and malls closing due to safety concerns.
Last year, a CNN crew reporting on the escalating crime in San Francisco fell victim to a similar incident when their vehicle was broken into, resulting in the theft of equipment.
Internet lambasts Democrats in wake of the theft of Adam Schiff's belongings
As the news of the theft of Schiff's belongings spread across the internet, users seized the opportunity to lambast the Democratic Party and its policies.
One X user commented, "You reap what you sow, democrats..."
Another user echoed this sentiment, stating, "Dems could stop most of this if they WANTED law & order. Not crying any tears for Schiff…"
A user weighed in, remarking, "Adam Schiff, feeling the pain of living in a state run by Democrats."
Similarly, another individual asserted, "Democrats suffering the consequences of their policies."
One user asserted, "Dems built this lawless mayhem. Now they can enjoy it."
Another user highlighted, "It's good he gets a taste of what HIS party has unleashed on the big Dem cities."
A user emphasized, "Another high ranking democrat gets to experience crime in democrat-run cities first hand. This time it was Shifty Adam Schiff."
One user bluntly stated, "The Democrats have done this to California."
This article contains remarks made on the Internet by individual people and organizations. MEAWW cannot confirm them independently and does not support claims or opinions being made online.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... 5939&ei=52
"'You reap what you sow': Internet roasts Democrats as Adam Schiff gets robbed in San Francisco ahead of speaking event"
Story by Bhavik Grover
28 APRIL 2024
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff experienced a taste of San Francisco's notorious crime problem firsthand on Thursday, April 25, when his luggage was stolen from his parked car before a speaking event in the city.
Despite the unsettling incident, Schiff remained composed and attended the event wearing a shirt and hiking vest, having been robbed of his formal attire.
The incident sparked an online firestorm, with many critics mocking the California lawmaker and his party's policies on law and order.
Adam Schiff goes ahead with his speaking engagement despite robbery
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Schiff's car had been parked in a downtown garage while he visited the area.
Ahead of a dinner where the Senate hopeful intended to thank high-profile lawyer Joe Cotchett for his support in the race to replace the late Dianne Feinstein, Schiff's belongings were stolen from his vehicle.
Lee Houskeeper, Cotchett's press agent who was present at the Ristorante Rocca event, reportedly warned Schiff not to leave anything in the car, quipping, "I guess it's 'Welcome to San Francisco'."
However, the congressman seemed unfazed, telling the Chronicle, "Yes, they took my bags."
"But I'm here to thank Joe."
Despite the theft of his luggage, Schiff continued with his speaking engagement, delivering his remarks without wearing a suit jacket.
Instead, he opted for a shirt and hiking vest.
Cotchett observed that the congressman behaved as though everything was normal during his visit.
Notably, Schiff grew up in San Francisco and has served in the California delegation for over two decades.
The theft of Schiff's belongings in San Francisco comes amidst a backdrop of rising crime rates in the city, which has prompted concerns among residents and businesses alike.
The city has witnessed a mass exodus of retailers from its downtown area, with prominent stores and malls closing due to safety concerns.
Last year, a CNN crew reporting on the escalating crime in San Francisco fell victim to a similar incident when their vehicle was broken into, resulting in the theft of equipment.
Internet lambasts Democrats in wake of the theft of Adam Schiff's belongings
As the news of the theft of Schiff's belongings spread across the internet, users seized the opportunity to lambast the Democratic Party and its policies.
One X user commented, "You reap what you sow, democrats..."
Another user echoed this sentiment, stating, "Dems could stop most of this if they WANTED law & order. Not crying any tears for Schiff…"
A user weighed in, remarking, "Adam Schiff, feeling the pain of living in a state run by Democrats."
Similarly, another individual asserted, "Democrats suffering the consequences of their policies."
One user asserted, "Dems built this lawless mayhem. Now they can enjoy it."
Another user highlighted, "It's good he gets a taste of what HIS party has unleashed on the big Dem cities."
A user emphasized, "Another high ranking democrat gets to experience crime in democrat-run cities first hand. This time it was Shifty Adam Schiff."
One user bluntly stated, "The Democrats have done this to California."
This article contains remarks made on the Internet by individual people and organizations. MEAWW cannot confirm them independently and does not support claims or opinions being made online.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... 5939&ei=52