Ambitious Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has long elevated political hackery to a garish modern art approximation. In berating former special counsel Robert Hur in a Tuesday hearing, Schiff added more ugly brush strokes to his ugly canvas.

Schiff, running interference for ethically compromised President Joe Biden, blasted Hur for noting the president’s repeated mental lapses during Hur’s investigation. On multiple occasions, Schiff accused Hur of having “gratuitously” “shape[d]” the report “for political reasons.”