Following the election of 2016, there was a shocked reaction by the Washington establishment to the victory of an exceptionally unorthodox presidential candidate. Even before Donald Trump was sworn in, moves to impeach him began, as government insiders circled their wagons against the will of the voters.
While extreme political bickering, including the threat of impeachment, is neither new nor illegal, there are two troubling aspects of the various moves to investigate and now, impeach the 45th President.
First, the partisan involvement of the nation’s intelligence services is deeply disturbing. Second, the manufacturing of charges that are false, exaggerated, or misleading.
Despite the extreme nature of the moves against the White House since President Trump took office, Rep. Adam Schiff, (D-California 28th District), Chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, crossed a new line when he knowingly uttered blatantly false statements regarding the White House conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. When confronted, Schiff attempted to justify the false statements by calling them “a parody.”
On September 27, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Arizona 5th District) introduced a motion to condemn and censure Adam Schiff for his false retelling of the conversation between President Trump and Ukraine President Zelensky during a September 26 hearing on the “whistleblower complaint.”
According to Biggs: “During the [September 26] hearing, Chairman Schiff’s opening statement included a blatantly false retelling of President Trump’s conversation with the Ukrainian president. Democrats previously initiated an impeachment inquiry, which leads to one of the most serious, constitutional duties of Members of Congress: removal of the President of the United States. Through this process, if the President has committed high crimes or misdemeanors, Congress may overturn the election of the President and the will of the American people. It is therefore inexcusable to toy with the process and mislead the American public with such a statement.”
The text of the resolution follows:
H. Res. ___
Condemning and censuring Adam Schiff, Representative of California’s 28th Congressional District
In the House of Representatives
Mr. Biggs submitted the following resolution
RESOLUTION
Condemning and censuring Adam Schiff, Representative of California’s 28th Congressional District
Whereas, President Trump released the transcript of a call between him and the President of Ukraine;
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Whereas, in a September 26, 2019, hearing on the whistleblower complaint, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff purported to relay the content of the phone call to the American people;
Whereas, instead of quoting directly from the available transcript, Chairman Schiff manufactured a false retelling of the conversation between President Trump and President Zelensky;
Whereas, this egregiously false and fabricated retelling had no relationship to the call itself;
Whereas, these actions of Chairman Schiff misled the American people, bring disrepute upon the House of Representatives, and make a mockery of the impeachment process, one of this chamber’s most solemn constitutional duties;
Whereas, for more than two years, Chairman Schiff has spread false accusations that the Trump Campaign colluded with Russia;
Whereas on March 20, 2017, then Ranking Member Schiff read out false allegations from the Steele dossier accusing numerous Trump associates of colluding with Russia;
Whereas, then-Ranking Member Schiff falsely claimed in a March 2017 interview to have “more than circumstantial evidence of collusion with Russia;
Whereas, then-Ranking Member Schiff negotiated with Russian comedians who he believed to be Ukrainian officials to obtain materials to damage the President of the United States politically;
Whereas, members of the Intelligence Committee have lost faith in his objectivity and capabilities as Chairman, with every Republican member on the Committee having signed a letter calling for his immediate resignation as Chairman;
Whereas, Chairman Schiff has gravely hindered the ability of the Intelligence Committee to fulfill its oversight responsibilities of the Intelligence Community, an indispensable pillar of our national security.
Resolved, That—
- The House of Representatives censures and condemns Representative Adam Schiff for conduct that misleads the American people in a way that is not befitting an elected Member of the House of Representatives;
- Representative Adam Schiff will forthwith present himself in the well of the House for the pronouncement of censure; and
- Representative Adam Schiff will be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.
Photo: Rep. Adam Schiff