It's true Shiff did all that. His lie about what the phone call was he covered by saying it was a joke but later after Shiff said it was a Joke, Nancy Polosi was still quoting Shiff about the phone call on Anderson Cooper and Copper could not convince her that that was a joke by Shiff. She insisted that's what Trump actually said. Obviously people did NOT take it as a joke and if Shiff meant it as a joke he should have been a bit clearer since his own party members are STILL confused about it.