Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and a manager in Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial, was formally censured by the House on Wednesday on a party-line vote.
The vote Wednesday on the censure resolution was 213 to 209. All the votes in favor came from Republicans while Democrats provided all the “no” votes. Six Republicans voted “present.”
After the vote, a large group of House Democrats gathered near the Speaker’s dais, where Schiff was to present himself to be censured, and shouted “shame, shame!”
The censure vote was the unsurprising end of a two-week quest by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) to have Schiff officially admonished for various statements and actions her resolution alleged were unfair to Trump. She had offered a similar resolution last week, but it was tabled after 20 Republicans, possibly concerned by its suggestion of fining Schiff, crossed the aisle to vote with Democrats.
Luna’s almost-identical new resolution, without the fine language, said Schiff had “abused” his position as ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee by spreading “false accusations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia” in 2016. It also made other allegations against Schiff.