Schiff’s attorney called the allegations “transparently false, stale, and long debunked.”
“Mr. Martin is a January 6-defending lawyer who has repeatedly pursued baseless and politically motivated investigations to fulfill demands to investigate and prosecute perceived enemies,” said Preet Bharara, a former U.S. attorney in New York who is representing the senator. “Any supposed investigation led by him would be the very definition of weaponization of the justice process.”