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Rep. Adam Schiff says he’ll need to ‘consider the validity’ of a Republican subpoena to testify

Rep. Adam Schiff, California Democrat, said Sunday that he will need to weigh the “validity” of any subpoenas for testimony that a Republican-controlled House may dole out to him next year.

Mr. Schiff is one of several Democrats whom House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy of California has said he will remove from committee assignments as his new majority launches probes into the Biden administration’s and Democratic-controlled Congress’ handling of several issues.

“We will have to consider the validity of the subpoena. But I would certainly view my obligation, the administration’s obligation to follow the law,” Mr. Schiff, the outgoing intelligence-committee chairman, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.