Ethics & Accountability

The House on Tuesday rejected a GOP resolution by Rep. Ralph Norman to censure Del. Stacey Plaskett and strip her from the House Intelligence Committee, with the measure failing 209–214 (several Republicans joined Democrats and others voted present), so the proposed HPSCI removal did not occur. The move followed publicity about 2019 text exchanges between Plaskett and Jeffrey Epstein during the Michael Cohen hearing, a failed Democratic motion to refer the matter to the Ethics Committee (213–214), and floor defenses by Plaskett and Rep. Jamie Raskin framing the texts as constituent outreach while Democrats countered GOP tactics by forcing a censure threat against Rep. Cory Mills.