{"id":1947144,"date":"2023-06-14T14:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T18:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-says-mccarthy-taking-on-censure-resolution-is-an-abuse-of-resources\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T14:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T18:24:28","slug":"schiff-says-mccarthy-taking-on-censure-resolution-is-an-abuse-of-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-says-mccarthy-taking-on-censure-resolution-is-an-abuse-of-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Schiff: McCarthy&#8217;s censure resolution is a waste of resources."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fschiff-says-mccarthy-taking-on-censure-resolution-is-an-abuse-of-resources%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1947144&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Rep. Adam Schiff Reacts to Republican Resolution to Censure Him<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) responded passionately to a recent Republican resolution aimed at censuring him, denouncing it as a &#8220;terrible abuse of House resources.&#8221; The resolution seeks to impose a hefty $16 million fine on Schiff for his role in advancing claims of Russian collusion in the 2016 election involving former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<h3>House Passes First Bill to Block Federal Government&#8217;s Gas Stove Ban<\/h3>\n<p>On Tuesday, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) introduced the measure to censure Schiff, coinciding with the arrest of Trump on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-refugees-face-federal-charges-after-trying-to-rape-child-strangle-woman-in-wisconsin-report\/\" title=\"Afghan Refugees Face Federal Charges After Trying To Rape Child, Strangle Woman In Wisconsin: Report\">federal charges related<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-says-mccarthy-taking-on-censure-resolution-is-an-abuse-of-resources\/\" title=\"Schiff: McCarthy's censure resolution is a waste of resources.\">mishandling classified documents found<\/a> at his Mar-a-Lago estate. In an interview with CNN on Wednesday, Schiff expressed his flattery but criticized House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for prioritizing this &#8220;MAGA resolution&#8221; over more pressing national challenges.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy has a history of targeting Schiff, having previously removed him from the House Intelligence Committee alongside Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) earlier this year. Schiff accused Luna of using the censure vote as a distraction from Trump&#8217;s indictment and arrest on 37 counts, led by special counsel Jack Smith.<\/p>\n<p>According to Schiff, the resolution is a Republican effort to appease Trump by attacking his &#8220;most effective adversary.&#8221; Upon reviewing the text, Schiff characterized it as a collection of Fox News-inspired attacks, with the censure primarily motivated by his leadership in the first impeachment of Donald Trump, which resulted in a bipartisan vote to convict.<\/p>\n<p>The California Democrat gained national prominence as the lead prosecutor in Trump&#8217;s first impeachment trial in 2020, focusing on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>As a vocal opponent of the Republican front-runner for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-desantis-beats-trump-in-2024-straw-poll-at-top-conservative-summit\/\" title=\"BREAKING: DeSantis Beats Trump In 2024 Straw Poll At Top Conservative Summit\">2024 presidential race<\/a>, Schiff described the facts presented in the indictment as &#8220;devastating,&#8221; revealing Trump&#8217;s premeditation. He further accused Trump of orchestrating a deliberate effort to mislead investigators and utilizing his attorneys to deceive the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>Schiff recently announced his candidacy for the Senate in 2024, joining a competitive Democratic primary race for the California seat currently held by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) criticized the GOP&#8217;s attempt to censure him, deeming it a wasteful use of House resources. Republicans aim to penalize Schiff with a $16 million fine for his involvement in alleging Russian collusion between former President Donald Trump and the 2016 election. The House has now approved its initial bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1947145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4033,7563,5421,16650,5159,6053],"class_list":["post-1947144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-censure","tag-mccarthys","tag-resolution","tag-resources","tag-schiff","tag-waste"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1947145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}