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The declassified appendix to the Durham report reveals that the Clinton campaign planned to falsely link Trump to Russia, and criticizes the FBI for failing to investigate this, including misleading the FISA court and neglecting intelligence that could have exposed the hoax, highlighting alleged political weaponization of law enforcement against Trump.
Republicans will attempt to censure Rep. Adam Schiff again for making "false accusations" about former President Donald Trump's collusion with Russia. The previous censure resolution was voted down because it included a $16 million fine against Schiff, which some Republicans argued violated the Constitution. However, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has reached an agreement with those 20 Republicans on new censure language that drops the fine and accuses Schiff of making "false" statements and allegations about Trump-Russia collusion. Schiff accused Republicans of helping Trump distract the public from his ongoing legal battles about holding classified documents.
The House of Representatives voted against censuring Rep. Adam Schiff over his claims of Trump-Russia collusion during the 2016 election. The censure resolution, proposed by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, would have also fined Schiff $16 million. Schiff claimed the motion was retaliation for leading the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump. The resolution was killed by 205 Democrats and 20 Republicans, while 196 GOPers voted to punish Schiff. Schiff famously claimed to have found "more than circumstantial evidence" of collusion and read parts of the now-discredited Steele dossier into the Congressional Record.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to comment on the recently released John Durham report on Trump-Russia collusion during a press briefing, stating that she would leave the comments to the Department of Justice. When pressed further, she quickly closed her briefing book and left the podium. Social media users criticized her lackluster response, especially considering her past tweets supporting the theory of Trump's collusion with Russia. The report found that the FBI and Department of Justice failed to observe "strict fidelity to the law" in the Trump-Russia probe, but did not recommend criminal prosecutions or widespread FBI reforms.