Schiff ‘not backing down’ in face of Republican bid to expel him from Congress

Adam Schiff in New York City on 17 April 2023. Photograph: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Shutterstock

Adam Schiff said he was “not backing down”, after a Republican from Florida filed a motion to expel the California representative from Congress.

Referring to the failure the same day of a motion to expel George Santos, the New York fabulist indicted on multiple criminal counts, Schiff said: “When Democrats do something for the right reason, [Republicans] use the precedent to do something for the wrong reason.”