Florida Rep. Ana Luna filed a resolution last Wednesday night to expel Rep. Adam Schiff, the former top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, from Congress alleging that he pushed a false narrative on the American people in Trump-Russia investigation.
“Adam Schiff lied to the American people. He used his position in House Intelligence to push a lie that cost the American taxpayers millions of dollars and abused the trust placed in him as Chairman. He is a disgrace in the House of Representatives,” Luna said in a press release Wednesday, May 17.
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., announced last month that he would run to replace retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., in the US Senate. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., attended the House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing titled On The Front Lines of the Border Crisis: A Hearing with Chief Patrol Agents, at the Rayburn Building on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Republicans, like Luna, have said that lawmakers must face the consequences of the report after the Durham Report found significant failures by the FBI and no evidence that Donald Trump’s campaign colluded. Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election.
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The full report was released by the Justice Department on Monday, May 15 after a year-long investigation into a report spanning more than 300 pages.
“The Durham Report made it clear that Russian Collusion was a lie from day one and Schiff knowingly used his position to try to divide our country,” Luna added.
Tapper often invited Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on his CNN programs, allowing the lawmaker to repeat his false claim to have found evidence of Trump-Russia collusion. (Screenshot/CNN)
In the past, Schiff has repeatedly admitted that there is “clear evidence on the issue of collusion” between the Kremlin and Trump’s 2016 campaign.
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“I don’t want to go into specifics, but I will say that there is evidence that is not circumstantial. But as I tell everyone, there is a lot of evidence of conspiracy,” he said in “Meet The Press” in 2017.
After the freshman congressman’s announcement, Schiff returned a post on Twittersaying that a “MAGA Republican” wants payback.
“A MAGA Republican Member of Congress recently filed a motion to expel me from the US House of Representatives. I stand up to Donald Trump and hold the MAGA forces to account,” Schiff wrote in a Twitter post. Wednesday night. “Now they want compensation. They will go after anyone who defends the rule of law.”
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While the Constitution gives Congress the ability to impeach federal officials and judges, it does not allow Congress to impeach its own members. However, members of Congress can be removed by impeachment, which requires a two-thirds vote.
