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

California representative targeted after the release of the Durham report, which investigated FBI inquiry into Trump and Russia

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.”