The U.S. House of Representatives decided to censure Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff for when he held investigations into former President Donald Trump as the head of the House Intelligence Committee.
“Today, I voted in favor of the resolution to censure Congressman Schiff,” said Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL) on Twitter. “Adam Schiff’s reprehensible actions while serving in Congress are dishonest, irresponsible, and put the integrity of our legislative branch at risk.”
According to a report by NPR, the resolution alleged that Congressman Schiff provided misleading information to the public when discussing the possible link between Russia and the Trump campaign. It suggests that Schiff’s comments are unfounded and other investigations have not produced definitive proof of a collusion between Trump and Russia to influence the 2016 election.
AP News reported that more than 20 Republicans joined Democrats to prevent the censure against Schiff, but their stance changed this week when Republican Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna took out a clause that would have led to a $16 million fine against Schiff. Some of the Republicans who voted against the resolution previously said their objection was against the concept of imposing such a fine.
The AP News report added that over the last 20 years the House has censured two legislators. This included Republican Congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona, who was censured in 2021 for sharing an animated clip of him attacking a Democratic representative with a sword on Twitter. In 2010 former Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel of New York was censured for monetary and election related issues.
Dunn was previously an Army surgeon and medical professional. He founded the Advanced Urology Institute, Bay Regional Cancer Center and the medical charity Bay Cares. He also was integral in economic development as the chairman of Summit Bank and was the director of Space Florida and Enterprise Florida.