{"id":1953924,"date":"2023-06-22T08:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T12:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/durham-tears-schiff-to-shreds-with-a-subtle-line-that-references-the-congressmans-past\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T08:58:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T12:58:02","slug":"durham-tears-schiff-to-shreds-with-a-subtle-line-that-references-the-congressmans-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/durham-tears-schiff-to-shreds-with-a-subtle-line-that-references-the-congressmans-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham Tears Schiff to Shreds with a Subtle Line That References the Congressman&#8217;s Past"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fdurham-tears-schiff-to-shreds-with-a-subtle-line-that-references-the-congressmans-past%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=1953924&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--><p>Wednesday wasn\u2019t a great day for California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff.<\/p>\n<p>During a congressional hearing, former special counsel John Durham calmly put Schiff in his place with a few\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/john-durham-shuts-adam-schiff-trump-russia-hearing-not-illegal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">well-placed words<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Schiff, who was being targeted by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lauren-boebert-reveals-1-word-put-adam-schiffs-tombstone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">censure resolution<\/a> in the House on the same day, attempted to assert that Donald Trump Jr. had committed a crime by hosting a meeting at Trump Tower in 2016 during his father\u2019s campaign for the presidency against Democrat Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you aware, Mr. Durham, that Mueller and congressional investigations also revealed that Don Jr. was informed that a Russian official was offering the Trump campaign, quote, \u2018very high-level and sensitive information,\u2019 unquote, that would be incriminating of Hillary Clinton and was part of, quote, \u2018Russia and its government\u2019s support of Mr. Trump?\u2019 Are you aware of that?\u201d Schiff asked Durham, about the 2:15 mark in the video below.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure, people get phone calls all the time from individuals who claim to have information like that,\u201d Durham replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally? The son of a presidential candidate gets calls all the time from a foreign government offering dirt on their opponent. Is that what you\u2019re saying?\u201d Schiff responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think this is unique in your experience,\u201d Durham replied.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: Complete exchange between <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAdamSchiff?\">@RepAdamSchiff<\/a> and John Durham.<\/p>\n<p>Schiff: \u201cReally the son of a presidential candidate gets calls all the time from a foreign government offering dirt on their opponent?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Durham: \u201cI don\u2019t think this situation is unique in your experience.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WKiKgBL3CK\">pic.twitter.com\/WKiKgBL3CK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1671533856963416067?\">June 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Durham was referring to a humiliating situation involving Schiff, when the California congressman fell victim to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/recording-schiff-thanking-pranksters-info-naked-trump-pics-must-never-forgotten\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prank phone call<\/a> by Russian comedians.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2017, as the U.K. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-5355713\/Adam-Schiff-spoofed-Russian-claim-nude-Trump-pic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>\u00a0reported, the comedians, known as Vovan and Lexus, posed as a Ukrainian politician and offered Schiff compromising information on Donald Trump, including alleged nude photos depicting the president and a Russian reality show star.<\/p>\n<p>After the prank call, Schiff\u2019s staffers engaged in correspondence with the supposed Ukrainian politician, seeking to obtain the \u201cclassified\u201d material promised during the call.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Let\u2019s remember, since Adam Schiff couldn\u2019t in the Durham hearing, that Adam Schiff was pranked by comedians claiming to be the Ukraine Speaker in 2017. Schiff took it hook line and sinker. Bloomin IDIOT. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vkC8ogzMz1\">pic.twitter.com\/vkC8ogzMz1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Booker (@BookerSparticus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BookerSparticus\/status\/1671542858036158464?\">June 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe audio recording of the prank call was posted online. It captured Schiff discussing the committee\u2019s Russia investigation and entertaining increasingly bizarre allegations about Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Schiff appeared to take the call seriously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wrote all what we said on the paper,\u201d Lexus told the Daily Mail in a report published in February 2018. \u201cRemembered all the details.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vovan also told Schiff that the Ukrainians had recorded secret meetings between a Trump campaign aide and a famous Russian singer-turned-spy at an imaginary mafia hangout in Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Emails provided by the comedians show Schiff\u2019s staff discussing the promised material and expressing that the call was \u201cproductive,\u201d according to the Daily Mail, although Schiff\u2019s office later claimed to have known the call was bogus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Did Adam Schiff deserve to be censured by the House?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. 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You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n\t\t\tYes: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name = cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie = decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca = decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i = 0; i <ca.length; i++) {\n\t\t\t\tvar c = ca[i];\n\t\t\t\twhile (c.charAt(0) == ' ') {\n\t\t\t\t\tc = c.substring(1);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tif (c.indexOf(name) == 0) {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn c.substring(name.length, c.length);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\treturn \"\";\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tfunction ffp_setCookie(cname, cvalue, exdays) {\n\t\t\tvar d = new Date();\n\t\t\td.setTime(d.getTime() + (exdays*24*60*60*1000));\n\t\t\tvar expires = \"expires=\"+ d.toUTCString();\n\t\t\tdocument.cookie = cname + \"=\" + cvalue + \";\" + expires + \";path=\/\";\n\t\t}\n\n\t\twindow.ff_poll_voted = false;\n\n\t\tvar voted_cookie_name = 'firefly_voted_3389859';\n\n\t\tfunction ff_poll_submit( event ) {\n\t\t\tevent.preventDefault();\n\n\t\t\tvar fireflyPoll = jQuery( '#firefly-poll' );\n\t\t\tvar fireflyPollContainer = jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\n\t\t\tvar pollFormBox = jQuery('#pollFormBox');\n\n\t\t\tif( window.ff_poll_voted || ffp_getCookie( voted_cookie_name ) ){ return; 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However, as evidenced by court documents from Durham and the findings of Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, every single one of those claims was false.<\/p>\n<p>The following year, Schiff lied about a memo, written by then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, which exposed FBI abuse of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mar-lago-affidavit-fatal-flaw-found-botched-fisa-warrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FISA<\/a> wiretap process in relation to the surveillance of Trump campaign aide Carter Page.<\/p>\n<p>Schiff claimed Nunes had misled the public by stating that the FBI heavily relied on the discredited dossier to obtain the warrants.<\/p>\n<p>However, in 2019, a report by Horowitz proved that it was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nunes-durham-needs-investigate-whole-democrat-dominated-mueller-russia-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nunes\u00a0<\/a>who had been telling the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the exchange with Durham on Wednesday, the House voted along party lines to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/06\/21\/1183564794\/schiff-censure-house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">censure<\/a> Schiff for his actions during the Trump-Russia investigation.<\/p>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/06\/21\/1183564794\/schiff-censure-house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a> report, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, who led the effort to censure Schiff, summarized Schiff\u2019s disgraceful actions that led to the censure, saying, \u201cMr. Schiff exploited his position as chair of\u00a0Intel Committee, and every opportunity possible, threatening national security, undermining our duly elected president and bringing dishonor upon the institution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turns out Adam Schiff doesn\u2019t just have a log in his eye; it\u2019s an entire forest.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/durham-tears-schiff-shreds-subtle-line-references-congressmans-past\/\">Durham Tears Schiff to Shreds with a Subtle Line That References the Congressman&#8217;s Past<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday wasn\u2019t a great day for California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff. During a congressional hearing, former special counsel John Durham calmly put Schiff in his place with a few\u00a0well-placed words. 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