Retribution for thee But Not for Me

[Carl in Michigan]

The incredible double standard of the Democrat Party. I hope he goes after the biggest offenders.

 

[JGalt]

Lock him up!

 

[deannalw]

The incredible double standard of the Democrat Party. I hope he goes after the biggest offenders.

They ought to bury that fucker under the nastiest jail there is.

 

[JGalt]

They ought to bury that fucker under the nastiest jail there is.

You'll do as juror number one.

Next juror please...

 

[deannalw]

You'll do as juror number one.

Next juror please...

 

[Carl in Michigan]

He is the sleaziest man in Congress

 

[deannalw]

He is the sleaziest man in Congress

100%

And that's the nicest word for him I can think of.

 

[john doe 101]

The incredible double standard of the Democrat Party. I hope he goes after the biggest offenders.

For what? Stop your crying.

 

[deannalw]

For what?

Is that a trick question?

 

[JGalt]

For what? Stop your crying.

"In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

June 21, 2023.

Whereas the allegation that President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to interfere in the 2016 Presidential election has been revealed as false by numerous in-depth investigations, including the recent report by Special Counsel John Durham, which documents how the conspiracy theory was invented, funded, and spread by President’s Trump’s political rivals;

Whereas Representative Adam Schiff, who served as ranking minority member and then Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives (the “Intelligence Committee”), occupied positions of extreme trust, affording him access to sensitive intelligence unavailable to most Members of Congress;

Whereas for years, Representative Schiff abused this trust by alleging he had evidence of collusion that, as is clear from reports by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, and Special Counsel Durham, never existed;

Whereas for years, Representative Schiff has spread false accusations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia;

Whereas on March 20, 2017, Representative Schiff perpetuated false allegations from the Steele Dossier accusing numerous Trump associates of colluding with Russia into the Congressional Record;

Whereas once again abusing his privileged access to classified information, Representative Schiff released a memo justifying the accuracy of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant application on Trump associate Carter Page, of which was later found by Inspector General Horowitz to have 17 major mistakes and omissions, provoking FISA Court Presiding Judge Rosemary Collyer to state unequivocally that the Federal Bureau of Investigation “misled the FISC”;

Whereas as ranking minority member and Chairman of the Intelligence Committee, Representative Schiff behaved dishonestly and dishonorably on many other occasions, including by publicly, falsely denying that his staff communicated with a whistleblower to launch the first impeachment of President Trump;

Whereas as part of his impeachment efforts, during a hearing on September 26, 2019, Representative Schiff misled the public by reading a false retelling of a phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky;

Whereas on March 28, 2019, every Republican member of the Intelligence Committee signed a letter calling for Representative Schiff’s immediate resignation as Chairman;

Whereas Representative Schiff hindered the ability of the Intelligence Committee to fulfill its oversight responsibilities over the Intelligence Community, an indispensable pillar of our national security; and

Whereas these actions of Representative Schiff misled the American people and brought disrepute upon the House of Representatives: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That—

(1) the House of Representatives censures Adam Schiff, Representative of the 30th Congressional District of California, for misleading the American public and for conduct unbecoming of an elected Member of the House of Representatives;

(2) Representative Adam Schiff will forthwith present himself in the well of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement of censure;

(3) Representative Adam Schiff will be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker; and

(4) the Committee on Ethics shall conduct an investigation into Representative Adam Schiff’s falsehoods, misrepresentations, and abuses of sensitive information."

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/521/text

 

[deannalw]

"In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

June 21, 2023.

Whereas the allegation that President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to interfere in the 2016 Presidential election has been revealed as false by numerous in-depth investigations, including the recent report by Special Counsel John Durham, which documents how the conspiracy theory was invented, funded, and spread by President’s Trump’s political rivals;

Whereas Representative Adam Schiff, who served as ranking minority member and then Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives (the “Intelligence Committee”), occupied positions of extreme trust, affording him access to sensitive intelligence unavailable to most Members of Congress;

Whereas for years, Representative Schiff abused this trust by alleging he had evidence of collusion that, as is clear from reports by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, and Special Counsel Durham, never existed;

Whereas for years, Representative Schiff has spread false accusations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia;

Whereas on March 20, 2017, Representative Schiff perpetuated false allegations from the Steele Dossier accusing numerous Trump associates of colluding with Russia into the Congressional Record;

Whereas once again abusing his privileged access to classified information, Representative Schiff released a memo justifying the accuracy of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant application on Trump associate Carter Page, of which was later found by Inspector General Horowitz to have 17 major mistakes and omissions, provoking FISA Court Presiding Judge Rosemary Collyer to state unequivocally that the Federal Bureau of Investigation “misled the FISC”;

Whereas as ranking minority member and Chairman of the Intelligence Committee, Representative Schiff behaved dishonestly and dishonorably on many other occasions, including by publicly, falsely denying that his staff communicated with a whistleblower to launch the first impeachment of President Trump;

Whereas as part of his impeachment efforts, during a hearing on September 26, 2019, Representative Schiff misled the public by reading a false retelling of a phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky;

Whereas on March 28, 2019, every Republican member of the Intelligence Committee signed a letter calling for Representative Schiff’s immediate resignation as Chairman;

Whereas Representative Schiff hindered the ability of the Intelligence Committee to fulfill its oversight responsibilities over the Intelligence Community, an indispensable pillar of our national security; and

Whereas these actions of Representative Schiff misled the American people and brought disrepute upon the House of Representatives: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That—

(1) the House of Representatives censures Adam Schiff, Representative of the 30th Congressional District of California, for misleading the American public and for conduct unbecoming of an elected Member of the House of Representatives;

(2) Representative Adam Schiff will forthwith present himself in the well of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement of censure;

(3) Representative Adam Schiff will be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker; and

(4) the Committee on Ethics shall conduct an investigation into Representative Adam Schiff’s falsehoods, misrepresentations, and abuses of sensitive information."

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/521/text

I thank you on behalf of all lazy people such as myself.

 

[JGalt]

“The Durham report makes clear that the Russian collusion was a lie from day one and Schiff knowingly used his position in an attempt to divide our country.”

John Durham was appointed to investigate the FBI inquiry, which led to the appointment of the special counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller did not establish collusion between Trump and Moscow but did secure criminal convictions and lay out evidence of potential obstruction of justice.

Schiff said: “When Republicans lacked the courage to stand up to the most unethical president in history, they consoled themselves by attacking those who did. I’m not backing down.”

Speaking to MSNBC, he added: “The Durham investigation was an investigation Donald Trump demanded, investigating the investigators.”

Durham, he said, spent “four years trying to prove this deep state conspiracy theory that Trump kept telling his base was going to be proven … The whole thing of course, was a big bust.

“… And so their response … is, ‘Let’s go after Adam Schiff.’ Let’s go back to the person they most view as standing up for the rule of law, standing up against Trump, leading the first impeachment, participating in the January 6 committee. That’s what this is about.”

Republicans have removed Schiff and another California Democrat, Eric Swalwell, from the intelligence committee."

Schiff ‘not backing down’ in face of Republican bid to expel him from Congress

 

[Puma Punku]

It makes my heart sing to know (without a doubt) that the people like Adam Schiff (that lied for years) may... ( just may)... be having sleepless nights wondering if they (themselves) may be witch hunted to the degree that they witch hunted Trump. Adam is the poster child for lying (under oath) about his proof of "Russia Russia Russia". Then we have Fuaci, Mayorkas, Cheny, Wray, Pelosi Etc...... ( lying under oath)...I sleep well every night... I wonder...do these people lay their heads peacefully down at night? I hope not ..and I would like to believe that they do not . They are likely "sweating bullets". "Elections have consequences".

 

[JGalt]

DOJ Report Exposes Adam Schiff’s Lies and Leaks​

Posted on Friday, December 27, 2024

"In one of the least surprising outcomes on Election Day this year, Democrat Adam Schiff easily defeated Republican Steve Garvey in California’s U.S. Senate election. But as Schiff prepares to take the oath of office on January 3, it will be under the cloud of yet more speculation that he used his prior position in the U.S. House to leak classified information for his own political gain.

The big news coming out of the Department of Justice this month was a report on January 6 that found that 26 FBI informants were present among the crowd during the Capitol riot. But around the same time as that report was dominating headlines, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz quietly released another report looking into the FBI’s handling of the Russia collusion hoax.

That report spanned 100 pages and was largely ignored by the media, despite containing some damning implications about who was responsible for propping up the false narrative that President Donald Trump was somehow a Russian operative – a completely debunked conspiracy theory now known as “Russiagate.”

According to the Horowitz report, a Democrat whistleblower on one of the congressional committees investigating Trump told the FBI that a number of other Democrat staffers and two members of Congress were voluntarily leaking classified information to the media. That information, which was itself manufactured to make Trump appear guilty, was dutifully reported as verified fact by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other legacy media outlets – with a trio of journalists even winning a Pulitzer Prize for their blatantly incorrect reporting.

The Horowitz report does not specifically identify who those two members of Congress were. But as Molly Hemingway noted for The Federalist, “a 2021 New York Times story already identified then-Rep. Adam Schiff and Rep. Eric Swalwell, both of California, as the two congressmen on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) who were under investigation.”

“Both Schiff and Swalwell were notorious for going on left-wing media outlets such as CNN and MSNBC to push the Russia conspiracy theory,” Hemingway continued. “Schiff, now California’s junior senator, lied publicly for years about the matter, falsely claiming to have secret evidence substantiating the hoax.”

The Horowitz report concludes that the whistleblower did not provide enough “direct evidence” of the two members leaking information to justify charges or further investigation. However, while that standard may not have been met by the DOJ, the American people have at least some reason to suspect that Schiff, now a United States Senator, gave classified information to members of the media in order to hurt Trump politically and advance his own political career – a scheme that, on the latter account, appears to have been wildly successful.

Schiff was far from a household name before Trump became president. He was first elected to the U.S. House in 2000 and remained relatively obscure for more than a decade. However, Schiff endeared himself to former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, saw Schiff as her political mentee.

In January 2015, Schiff’s loyalty was rewarded. That month, Pelosi helped Schiff become the Democrats’ Ranking Member on HPSCI. This committee is arguably one of the most influential and powerful in Congress. Members have direct oversight of all United States intelligence agencies, including the FBI, NSA, and CIA. As such, they have access to some of the most sensitive and classified information currently in the possession of the United States government. Being on HPSCI puts a significant amount of heft behind the statements – public or private – of anyone on the committee.

Shortly after Trump won the 2016 election, Schiff began weaponizing his position and making himself the face of the liberal “resistance” against Trump. He became a fixture on CNN and MSNBC, asserting multiple times that senior members of the Trump campaign and even Trump himself were compromised by Russia.

In a March 2017 appearance on Meet the Press, Schiff said that he had seen “evidence that is not circumstantial and very worthy of investigation” confirming the Russia collusion hoax. In another appearance on CNN, he stated: “The Russians offered help, which we know they did, the campaign accepted help, which we know they did, the Russians then delivered help, which we know they did.” Whenever he was pressed on such statements, Schiff merely said the evidence he was referring to was “classified,” so he couldn’t go into it further.

Despite repeatedly lying to the American people, Schiff was rewarded again for his loyalty to Pelosi’s anti-Trump crusade when Democrats won the House majority in 2018. Schiff became Chairman of HPSCI, and shortly thereafter, he helped launch Democrats’ first impeachment effort against Trump.

Once again, Schiff was at the center of a liberal plot to weaponize intelligence agencies against a sitting president and manipulate the media and the American people. And once again, Trump was vindicated, as the Senate trial exposed Democrats’ charges as entirely baseless, resulting in his acquittal.

But Schiff had by now learned that his true constituency was liberal media pundits and Democrat Party bosses, not the American people or even his California voters. When Democrats decided to mount a second bogus impeachment against Trump in 2020, Pelosi named Schiff as a lead impeachment manager.

After retaking the majority in 2020, House Republicans quickly removed Schiff from HPSCI and later censured him in 2023. But even these rebukes Schiff wore as a badge of honor – a testament to his loyalty to the Democrat Party establishment. That loyalty was again rewarded following the death of Dianne Feinstein when high-profile California Democrats, including Pelosi, rallied around Schiff to replace her.

In many ways, Schiff’s political ascendancy is indicative of just how obsessed the modern Democrat Party has become with rabid opposition to Trump at the expense of public trust and common decency. For the better part of the past decade, the coin of political currency on the left has been very simple: oppose Donald Trump no matter how dishonest you must be to do so, and you will be rewarded.

That strategy worked for Schiff in deep blue California. But the results elsewhere in the country this year showed that Schiff’s cynical brand of political opportunism, anti-Trump fanaticism, and lying to the public is only further driving the public away from the Democrat Party.

DOJ Report Exposes Adam Schiff’s Lies and Leaks | @amacforamerica

 

[elektra]

I doubt any politician is worried, the are too arrogant

 

[LeftofLeft]

Russia Collusion was a hoax.

 

[john doe 101]

"In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

June 21, 2023.

Whereas the allegation that President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to interfere in the 2016 Presidential election has been revealed as false by numerous in-depth investigations, including the recent report by Special Counsel John Durham, which documents how the conspiracy theory was invented, funded, and spread by President’s Trump’s political rivals;

Whereas Representative Adam Schiff, who served as ranking minority member and then Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives (the “Intelligence Committee”), occupied positions of extreme trust, affording him access to sensitive intelligence unavailable to most Members of Congress;

Whereas for years, Representative Schiff abused this trust by alleging he had evidence of collusion that, as is clear from reports by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, and Special Counsel Durham, never existed;

Whereas for years, Representative Schiff has spread false accusations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia;

Whereas on March 20, 2017, Representative Schiff perpetuated false allegations from the Steele Dossier accusing numerous Trump associates of colluding with Russia into the Congressional Record;

Whereas once again abusing his privileged access to classified information, Representative Schiff released a memo justifying the accuracy of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant application on Trump associate Carter Page, of which was later found by Inspector General Horowitz to have 17 major mistakes and omissions, provoking FISA Court Presiding Judge Rosemary Collyer to state unequivocally that the Federal Bureau of Investigation “misled the FISC”;

Whereas as ranking minority member and Chairman of the Intelligence Committee, Representative Schiff behaved dishonestly and dishonorably on many other occasions, including by publicly, falsely denying that his staff communicated with a whistleblower to launch the first impeachment of President Trump;

Whereas as part of his impeachment efforts, during a hearing on September 26, 2019, Representative Schiff misled the public by reading a false retelling of a phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky;

Whereas on March 28, 2019, every Republican member of the Intelligence Committee signed a letter calling for Representative Schiff’s immediate resignation as Chairman;

Whereas Representative Schiff hindered the ability of the Intelligence Committee to fulfill its oversight responsibilities over the Intelligence Community, an indispensable pillar of our national security; and

Whereas these actions of Representative Schiff misled the American people and brought disrepute upon the House of Representatives: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That—

(1) the House of Representatives censures Adam Schiff, Representative of the 30th Congressional District of California, for misleading the American public and for conduct unbecoming of an elected Member of the House of Representatives;

(2) Representative Adam Schiff will forthwith present himself in the well of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement of censure;

(3) Representative Adam Schiff will be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker; and

(4) the Committee on Ethics shall conduct an investigation into Representative Adam Schiff’s falsehoods, misrepresentations, and abuses of sensitive information."

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/521/text

So nothing.