Footage from 2023 shows Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) calling out then Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) over his alleged “lies” and for exorbitantly “wasting” tax dollar resources. Hageman claimed that initiatives driven by Schiff have led to needless investigations into the 2016 election in what the Wyoming Republican describes as an attempt to “delegitimize” Trump’s decisive victory over Hillary Clinton.
Hageman began her speech on the House floor, “I take my duties as Wyoming’s lone Congressional Representative very seriously, and my obligation to be honest and trustworthy is the foundation of my ability to carry them out. This privileged resolution isn’t about politics. It is about the seriousness of being honest and forthright as a member of Congress and upholding the oath of office that we all take upon being sworn in.”
Calling out Schiff, she said, “It is true that the gentleman from California wouldn’t be the first member of Congress to exaggerate or stretch the truth.” However, she confidently claimed he went well beyond this. “But willfully lying about serious issues our country has faced is something entirely different, and claiming that a sitting President has committed what amounts to treason is beyond simple hyperbole.”
Hageman proceeded to highlight the consequences of Hageman’s actions. “This member’s lies led to the wasting of millions of taxpayer dollars for unnecessary investigations and the deflection of our attention from the most pressing issues at hand to focus on a made-up crisis,” she said. “This member’s actions were designed to delegitimize the 2016 election and to hamstring the Trump administration.”
The Wyoming representative pointed out how ironic this seemingly is, considering that Democrats have lambasted President-elect Donald Trump over his reaction to the 2020 election. “For all the talk about not accepting at the election results in 2020 perhaps Democrats in the media, which are mostly one in the same, might want to look at their actions in 2016.”
Digging into the specifics of what Schiff allegedly lied about, she said, “To make matters worse, this representative perpetuated these lies while he was chair of the House Intel Committee, and consistently implied, if not outright, stated, that he had inside information in that capacity. He lied about how the FBI and DOJ obtained and renewed a FISA warrant. The FBI and DOJ officials did not omit material, material information from the FISA warrant, how the DOJ used the Steelie Dossier, what was collected via the FISA warrant, the FBI is vetting process for the Steele dossier that he had an alleged smoking gun showing that President Trump colluded with with with Russia. And of each of these claims has proven to be false.”
However, Hageman wasn’t done yet. “But the lies have continued. In fact, they have become compulsive, and they continue right through to this very day,” she said. “The lies weaken this body, and if left unchecked, threaten the rule of law, our election integrity and the civil rights of his targets. The words and actions of this member were dangerous and untrue, knowingly untrue. There must be a serious consequence for that being censored is the least of what we he should be subjected to. And I support this resolution.”
Watch Hageman below:
Harriet Hageman skewers Adam Schiff:
“This member’s lies led to the wasting of millions of tax payers’ dollars for unnecessary investigations. This member’s actions were designed to delegitimize the 2016 Election. Being censured is the least of what he should be subjected to.” pic.twitter.com/lPpitO9ZXd
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) June 22, 2023
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