Senator Adam Schiff hits back after Trump accuses him of ‘ripping off America’ but did he game the system for a tax break?
Trump’s comments came after the Federal Housing Finance Agency sent a criminal referral to the Ministry of Justice. Although the case previously declared a secondary home and represented California in the Congress, he focuses on Schiff’s Maryland house, which he listed as the primary residence in 2009.
“Adam Schiff said that his primary residence was staying in Maryland to get a cheaper mortgage and to tear America when he had to live in California,” Trump said.
The accusation is based on a reduction for the California property, which requires the residence to be a “real, fixed and permanent house” in accordance with the state law.
Schiff pushes back
Schiff quickly responded and called on a weak political spread to the charges.
“Since I pioneered his first objection, Trump asked me to be arrested for betrayal over and over again. So in a way, I think it’s a little disappointment, S Schiff said in a statement about X.
“This is only the last attempt to retaliate against the perceived enemies of Donald Trump. So it is not a surprise, so weak how weak this wrong claim is. And so that Trump can hope, this smear epstein files will not get away from the problem.”
Schiff spokesman said that the lenders are completely aware of the use of both houses during the year and that no property is a holiday home.
Legislative
CNN first reported the mortgage questions in 2023, but experts say that Schiff is not likely to confront the charges. California is open to interpretation of property laws and there is no deliberate fraud.
Nevertheless, a senior government official told the New York Post that the issue could lead to charges. “Extremely serious and [Schiff] He doesn’t take it seriously, “he said.
Trump added more fuel during the White House press briefing and said, “I thought it covered its bases a little better than that. Adam Schiff deserves what he’s got.”
Political scoring
This is just the last part of a long political struggle. In 2020, Schiff took part in the center of Trump’s first accusation hearing, and accused him of abuse of power to press Joe Biden to investigate. Trump has targeted Schiff over and over again.
Later, he was censored by the Republicans because of the role of encouraging the Russian agreement claims and continued to be a favorite Trump target.
The mortgage claims come at a time when Trump encounters more than one legal war on his own, including serpinizer and ongoing civil fraud cases from Epstein files.
As for Schiff, he’s busy. According to Quiver Nicitative, the net value is currently $ 1.9 million. There are around 761,000 dollars in public assets, and in the last quarter, he collected $ 1.2 million in campaign funds. He has over $ 7 million in his hand.
It is also active in legislation by proposing invoices in reproductive rights, arms control and government supervision.
Despite the noise, no official fee was charged. The Ministry of Justice refrained from commenting. Schiff insists that he has nothing to hide. In the meantime, Trump is doing what he does best: he’s mixing the pot.
It is still unclear that this legally goes anywhere. What is clear is that in this deep polarized political age, old competitions never really die. They’re just reinstalling.
