Democrat Adam Schiff Suggests Complying With Subpoenas is Optional, Now
BY RUSTY WEISS
NOVEMBER 28, 2022 AT 9:50AM
Representative Adam Schiff said he would have to “consider the validity” of any subpoena issued by a GOP-controlled House of Representatives before complying.
Schiff made the comments during an interview this past weekend with Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
The California Democrat currently serves as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee (for the next week or so). He has been a prominent figure in helping to spread falsehoods about former President Donald Trump and the Russiagate hoax.
When asked if he would comply with any subpoenas related to Republican investigations once the new Congress is sworn in, Schiff seemed to imply that, all of a sudden, compliance is optional.
“We’ll have to consider the validity of the subpoena,” he replied.
“If you are subpoenaed by Republicans when they take over, will you comply?”
ADAM SCHIFF: “We’ll have to consider the validity of the subpoena.”
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 27, 2022
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Adam Schiff is a member of the January 6 committee investigating the events surrounding the Capitol riot. That highly partisan group issued subpoenas to four former aides to President Donald Trump in late September of 2021.
Schiff warned at the time that the panel was “prepared to go forward and urge the Justice Department to criminally prosecute anyone who does not do their lawful duty.”
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defiance: “We are prepared to go forward and urge the Justice Dept to
criminally prosecute anyone who does not do their lawful duty”.
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) October 10, 2021
Schiff would also warn that those defying congressional subpoenas would be held “criminally contempt.”