Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) attempted to portray an ongoing mortgage fraud investigation against him as evidence of a weaponized government, but was immediately rebutted by a “Deed of Trust” document clearly showing his primary residence listed in the state of Maryland, a key factor in the allegations being lobbed in his direction.
Schiff, in an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” with host Kristen Welker this past weekend, described the accusations hanging around his neck like an albatross as “patently false.”
“They’re patently false. And the president knows it. And the housing agency president’s person [FHFA Director William] Pulte knows it,” Schiff insists. “He’s essentially doing the president’s bidding against me, against Letitia James, against this person on the Federal Reserve.”
“Mortgage is their new weapon to go after their critics,” he added. “But I’ve been very open about my residency both in California and in Maryland with my constituents and with the lenders. So there’s no ‘there’ there.”
NBC News’ Kristen Welker: “Are these allegations of [mortgage fraud] true?”
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA): “They’re patently false, and the president knows it… [Director of U.S. Federal Housing FHFA William Pulte] knows it he’s essentially doing the president’s bidding against me,… pic.twitter.com/xw2z7p5Gu6
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) August 24, 2025
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Some people believe there is a lot of ‘there’ there.
Schiff’s denials did not sit well with Christine Bish, an activist and Sacramento-based congressional candidate who, as RedState has covered for years, broke the story and worked on the mortgage fraud allegations against the junior senator from California for years.
“They are absolutely true,” Bish claimed on X, referring to the mortgage fraud allegations. “Over 300 pages of documents, including notarized property records and tax forms. I will put my facts against Schiff’s lies any day.”
Bish posted a “Deed of Trust” – a legal document used in some states as an alternative to a mortgage for securing a real estate loan – filed in 2011, showing Schiff’s Maryland property listed as his “primary residence.”
They are absolutely true. Over 300 pages of documents, including notarized property records and tax forms. I will put my facts against Schiff’s lies any day. pic.twitter.com/lfQMNP6liY
— Christine Bish (@BishForCongress) August 24, 2025
As reported by RedState’s Mike Miller, Bish has presented multiple Deeds of Trust showing Schiff refinanced his Maryland home, additionally in 2009 and 2013, which also list it as his primary residence.
The problem is that Schiff also allegedly declared his principal residence was in California, according to 2009 and 2011 financing documents for his Burbank condominium.
On top of that, RedState’s Bonchie revealed a “smoking gun” video, which shows the Senator unequivocally stating he has never maintained a primary residence other than the one he has in the Golden State, insisting his California home “always has been and always will be” his “primary residence.”
Damning video evidence adds to Adam Schiff’s legal woes.
Credit: @LarryOConnor pic.twitter.com/t8vxgbja8x— Big Fish (@BigFish3000) July 18, 2025
And there you have the crux of the investigation. Schiff is now under federal criminal investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland for alleged mortgage fraud.
Pulte, in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, concluded that Schiff engaged in a sustained pattern of possible occupancy misrepresentation in “multiple instances” by having “falsified bank documents and property records to acquire more favorable loan terms.”
President Trump raised questions about the alleged mortgage fraud on Truth Social weeks earlier, saying he “always suspected Shifty Adam Schiff was a scam artist.”
Adam “Shifty” Schiff is in BIG TROUBLE! He falsified Loan Documents. He once said my son would go to prison on a SCAM that Schiff, along with other Crooked Dems, illegally “manufactured” in order to stage an actual coup. My son did nothing wrong, knew nothing about the fictional…
— Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) July 21, 2025
Trump upped the ante shortly thereafter, saying the Senator needs to see prison time for his reported actions.
“Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff is in BIG TROUBLE! He falsified Loan Documents,” the President wrote on his Truth Social media platform. “Now Shifty should pay the price of prison for a real crime, not one made up by the corrupt accusers!”
With reality setting in on the allegations, Schiff is creating a legal defense fund as he is facing some potentially serious charges.
🚨 BREAKING: Adam Schiff has just formed a legal defense fund, as he prepares to be indicted for MORTGAGE FRAUD by Special Prosecutor Ed Martin
Schiff knows he’s in DEEP sh*t 🤣
Tick tock, Shifty Schiff! pic.twitter.com/RixhMpIQUI
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 19, 2025
Schiff, of course, has the presumption of innocence, and no charges have been filed as of yet. Documentation uncovered by Bish, along with video evidence of his own statements, however, could very well lead to significant legal trouble for him down the road.
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