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Республиканское большинство в Палате представителей проголосовало за вынесение выговора (censure) конгрессмену Адаму Шиффу из Калифорнии. Бывший прокурор Шифф проявил себя в расследовании путинской атаки на американские выборы, а также в качестве ведущего обвинителя во время первого импичмента Трампа за блокирование помощи Украине.

Выговор не имеет практических последствий - спикер Маккарти уже до этого удалил Шиффа из комиссии по разведке. Но в официальный реестр Конгресса теперь внесена поддержанная большинством резолюция о "no collusion", в которой российские связи Трампа названы лживой «теорией заговора».

Whereas the allegation that President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to interfere in the 2016 Presidential election has been revealed as false by numerous in-depth investigations, including the recent report by Special Counsel John Durham, which documents how the conspiracy theory was invented, funded, and spread by President’s Trump’s political rivals;
Whereas Representative Adam Schiff, who served as ranking minority member and then Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives (the “Intelligence Committee”), occupied positions of extreme trust, affording him access to sensitive intelligence unavailable to most Members of Congress;
Whereas, for years, Representative Schiff abused this trust by alleging he had evidence of collusion that, as is clear from reports by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, and Special Counsel Durham, never existed;
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/521/text

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Накануне специальный прокурор Дюрэм давал показания в Конгрессе и в ответ на вопросы Шиффа и других конгрессменов показал, что не знаком ни с одним из хорошо задокументированных свидетельств сговора (evidence of collusion). После того, как Дюрэм четыре года безуспешно расследовал расследование Мюллера, это выглядело особенно жалко.

“I think if you read what’s in the cable and what’s in the report is that what the diplomats reported was there was a suggestion of a suggestion that the Russians could help on damaging information as to Mrs. Clinton,” Durham said as Schiff cut in.
“By releasing it anonymously. Right. And that’s exactly what happened, isn’t it?” Schiff pressed.
“I don’t. I don’t know,” replied Durham.
“You really don’t know?” Schiff shot back.
“I mean, I’m not sure exactly when you say exactly what happened,” Durham clarified.
“Well, the Russians released stolen emails through cutouts, did they not?” Schiff replied.
“There were emails,” Durham conceded.
“It’s a very simple question. Did they release information, stolen information through cutouts, Yes or no?” Schiff demanded.
“I am not sure,” replied Durham. Notably, multiple intelligence agencies and even a GOP-led Senate investigation concluded Russia hacked Clinton’s 2016 campaign in an effort to benefit Trump.
“You really don’t know the answer to that. The answer is yes, they did. DC leaks,” Schiff added.
Durham interjected, “Well, in your mind the answer is yes.”
“More important than mine, Mueller’s answer was yes. Now, that information, of course, was helpful to the Trump campaign, wasn’t it?” Schiff pressed again.
“I don’t, I don’t think there’s any question that the Russians intruded into, hacked into the systems, they released information,” Durham conceded.
“And that was helpful to the Trump campaign. Right?” Schiff asked again.
“And the conclusion in the ICA and in the Mueller investigation was that the Russians intended to,” Durham added, as Schiff insisted, “Can you answer my question Mr. Durham.”
“That was helpful to the Trump campaign, right? And that’s and Trump made use of that, as I said, didn’t he, by touting those stolen documents on the campaign trail over 100 times,” Schiff added.
“I said, I don’t really read the newspapers or listen to the news. I don’t call that reliable. So I don’t know that,” Durham replied.
“Mr. Durham, you are totally oblivious to Donald Trump’s use of the stolen emails on the campaign trail more than 100 times and that escaped your attention,” Schiff asked.
“I am not aware of that,” Durham insisted.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/i-am-not-aware-of-that-durham-claims-he-doesnt-read-the-news-when-grilled-on-extent-of-russian-interference-in-2016-election/



Характерно, что резолюцию против Шиффа внесла новичок Конгресса Анна Полина Луна из Флориды - Джордж Сантос в юбке, особенно склонная к вранью. Она поменяла свою фамилию на Луна специально к выборам и, подобно Сантосу, врала о других деталях своей биографии, в том числе о своих еврейских корнях.

Luna also stated on the campaign trail and in an interview with Jewish Insider in November that while she identifies as Christian, she was “raised as a Messianic Jew by her father.” Messianic Jews identify as Jewish and say they believe that Jesus is the Messiah. “I am also a small fraction Ashkenazi,” she added, referring to Jews whose ancestors lived in Central or Eastern Europe.
Luna’s mother said her father was a “Christian that embraced the Messianic faith.”
“He eventually got clean and started attending a messianic Jewish church in Orange County. He brought Anna to services and she buried him to Jewish customs,” Monica Luna wrote in a text.
However, three members of Luna’s extended family said that her father was Catholic, and that they were not aware of him practicing any form of Judaism while Luna was growing up.
George Mayerhofer’s father, Heinrich Mayerhofer, immigrated to Canada from Germany in 1954 and identified as Roman Catholic, according to an immigration record reviewed by The Post.
According to several family members, Heinrich Mayerhofer, who died in 2003, served in the armed forces of Nazi Germany when he was a teenager in the 1940s.
One of his sons, Edward Mayerhofer - Luna’s uncle - provided The Post what he said was a portrait of Heinrich Mayerhofer dressed in a uniform as a young soldier in Germany. Experts from the Simon Wiesenthal Center who reviewed the photo confirmed the uniform was consistent with that of a member of the Wehrmacht, which was the armed forces of Nazi Germany.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/10/anna-paulina-luna-republican-biography/



Начав работать в Конгрессе в январе 2023, Луна немедленно присоединилась к тем республиканцам, которые требуют прекратить помощь Украине, и участвовала во всех их инициативах - от писем в правительство до законопроектов.

February 9, 2023 Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) today led a group of 11 lawmakers in calling for the United States to halt additional military and financial aid to Ukraine through the introduction of the "Ukraine Fatigue" Resolution. If passed, the Resolution would express through the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States must end its military and financial aid to Ukraine, and urges all combatants to reach a peace agreement.
Since the onset of the war last February, the United States has been the top contributor of military equipment and aid to Ukraine, sending over $110 Billion of taxpayer money to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including an additional $2 Billion in aid announced on February 3rd.
Congressman Gaetz was joined by the following original co-sponsors on the "Ukraine Fatigue" Resolution: Reps. Andy Biggs (AZ-05), Lauren Boebert (CO-03), Paul Gosar (AZ-09), Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14), Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13), Thomas Massie (KY-04), Mary Miller (IL-15), Barry Moore (AL-02), Ralph Norman (SC-05), and Matt Rosendale (MT-02).
https://gaetz.house.gov/media/press-releases/matt-gaetz-leads-11-lawmakers-introduction-ukraine-fatigue-resolution-halt-us

Ее собственные размышления по этому поводу отражают глубину интеллекта и знания международной политики.

"I want to remind everyone, Ukraine decided not to join NATO. And meanwhile, while this is happening, Ukraine, while we’re basically absorbing their price tag here, you have Russia aligning with Iran and China. And so from my perspective, this is very much possibly going to potentially pull us into a World War III scenario. I think at the time, President Trump has addressed this, and I am very concerned about that. And so one, I do believe that we need to be helping out countries that can’t help themselves. But more importantly, remember, they are not a NATO ally of ours. And I’m more focused on helping the American people, not Ukrainians."
https://radio.foxnews.com/2023/01/31/rep-anna-paulina-luna-we-cant-keep-sending-blank-checks-to-ukraine/



Луна вносила свою резолюцию про Шиффа пять раз. Когда республиканцы в Конгрессе отвергли предыдущие варианты, Трамп пригрозил закопать их на праймериз, и они послушно дали себя построить.

На вопрос, нет ли здесь антисемитизма, приходится дать положительный ответ - тактика защиты Трампа строится на антисемитской подсказке про тайный еврейский заговор против него, от Шиффа и Гарланда до прокурора с подозрительной фамилией Смит.

It’s no surprise that Trump called Schiff “shifty” - which means tricky or deceitful, or that in the past he’s called him “little pencil-neck.” When discussing Jews, Trump often plays on well-worn caricatures about cleverness, deviousness and physical weakness. He was quoted in 1991 as saying “The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes.” In 2015, he told the Republican Jewish Coalition that, “This room negotiates deals. Perhaps more than any room I’ve ever spoken to” but “you’re not going to support me because I don’t want your money.”
https://forward.com/opinion/432620/with-anti-semitic-attack-against-a-shifty-foe-trump-shows-off-the/



Шесть лет назад я писал, что в выступлениях Шиффа "слышатся нотки будущего президента или на худой конец сенатора". Ныне он баллотируется в сенаторы от Калифорнии на выборах 2024 https://www.adamschiff.com/

Борьба на праймериз будет конкурентной. Шиффа поддерживают его коллеги в Конгрессе, включая Нэнси Пелоси.

"This resolution attacks me for initiating an investigation into Trump campaign solicitation and acceptance of Russian help in the 2016 election, even though the investigation was first led not by me, but by a Republican chairman.
It would hold that when you give internal campaign polling data to a Russian intelligence operative, while Russian intelligence is helping your campaign - as Trump’s campaign chairman did - that you must not call that collusion, though that is its proper name, as the country well knows.
It would fine me for the costs of the critically important Mueller investigation into Trump’s misconduct, even though the special counsel was appointed by Trump’s own attorney general.
It would reprimand me over a flawed FISA application, as if I were its author, or I was the director of the FBI, and over flaws only discovered years later and by the inspector general, not Mr. Durham.
In short, it would accuse me of omnipotence, the leader of some vast deep state conspiracy. And of course, it is nonsense.
But here is the real gravamen of my offense:
I led the first impeachment of Donald Trump for one of the most egregious presidential abuses of power in our history, and I led a trial which resulted in the first bipartisan vote to remove a president in history.
And I would do so again.
I warned that if Trump was not held accountable, he would go on to try to cheat in even worse ways in the next election, and HE DID, inciting a violent attack on this very Capitol.
And after that, I participated in some of the most important hearings in congressional history - hearings that exposed Donald Trump’s incitement of a dangerous insurrection to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.
My colleagues, if there is cause for censure in this House - and there is - it should be directed at those in this body who sought to overturn a free and fair election.
The question, my Republican colleagues, is not why am I the subject of this false resolution for doing my constitutional duty, but why are you not? Why are you not standing beside me, the subject of a similar rebuke for speaking the truth?
Why did you not stand up to Donald Trump, why did you not reject his immorality, why did you not condemn his dishonesty, why did you not speak out when his horde attacked this Capitol, or now, when he treats the nation’s secrets with such carelessness, lawlessness and disdain, why did you hide from efforts to hold him accountable, why were you silent, afraid, unwilling to do your ethical, constitutional duty, why did you cower, why did you cower - and why do you still?
Will it be said of you that you lacked the courage to stand up to the most immoral, unlawful and unethical president in history, but consoled yourselves by attacking those who did?
Today, I wear this partisan vote as a badge of honor. Knowing that I have lived my oath.
Knowing that I have done my duty, to hold a dangerous and out of control president accountable. And knowing that I would do so again - in a heartbeat - if the circumstances should ever require it. I thank you."
https://schiff.house.gov/news/press-releases/watch-rep-adam-schiff-speech-on-house-floor-in-response-to-maga-backed-censure