President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE called on lawmakers to vote in favor of censuring House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffSchiff to subpoena top DHS official, alleges whistleblower deposition is being stonewalled Schiff claims DHS is blocking whistleblower's access to records before testimony GOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump comments on transfer of power MORE (D-Calif.) over Schiff's paraphrased recounting of Trump's comments on his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

"Hope all House Republicans, and honest House Democrats, will vote to CENSURE Rep. Adam Schiff tomorrow for his brazen and unlawful act of fabricating (making up) a totally phony conversation with the Ukraine President and U.S. President, me. Most have never seen such a thing!" he tweeted Wednesday night.

Hope all House Republicans, and honest House Democrats, will vote to CENSURE Rep. Adam Schiff tomorrow for his brazen and unlawful act of fabricating (making up) a totally phony conversation with the Ukraine President and U.S. President, me. Most have never seen such a thing! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17, 2019

Schiff, when discussing a rough transcript of the Trump-Zelensky call, paraphrased at certain points, saying that Trump told Zelensky to “make up dirt on my political opponent.”

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House Republicans were expected to force a vote this week on a resolution to censure Schiff. The resolution, introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) accused Schiff of "a false retelling of the conversation between President Trump and President Zelensky."

"These actions of Chairman Schiff misled the American people, bring disrepute upon the House of Representatives, and make a mockery of the impeachment process," it says.

Schiff defended his comments, saying they were partially a parody.

"My summary of the president’s call was meant to be, at least part, in parody. The fact that that’s not clear is a separate problem in and of itself," he said last month.

"Of course, the president never said, ‘If you don’t understand me I’m going to say it seven more times,’ my point is, that’s the message that the Ukraine president was receiving in not so many words," he added.

The resolution faces an uphill battle in the Democrat-led chamber.

The call between Trump and Zelensky is at the center of House Democrats' impeachment inquiry. The lawmakers launched the investigation after revelations that Trump asked Zelensky to look into Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden Joe BidenFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida MORE.

Trump has denied wrongdoing. He has repeatedly gone after Schiff, whose committee is one of three conducting the impeachment probe.