Trump explodes Schiff as “crook” on mortgage allegations

Longtime President Donald Trump, the Democratic political enemy, the Senator of California, Adam Schiff, was sent back to the Ministry of Justice to face criminal proceedings for alleged mortgage fraud that would have been dwell to years.

Schiff, who was elected to the Senate during the 2024 electoral cycle after decades as the legislative of the Chamber, was examined after the American Federal Housing Agency (FHFA) sent a letter to the Ministry of Justice in May Souring the Alarm that in “Several cases”, Schiff owned. “

FHFA is an independent federal agency that oversees Fannie MAE, Freddie Mac and the federal banking system on real estate loans.

This week, Trump was publicly castigated Schiff for alleged mortgage fraud, while the financial crimes of Fannie Mae concluded on Monday in a letter to the FHFA that Schiff would have engaged in “a supported model of false occupation possible” on five loans Fannie Mae, Fox News Digital reported this week.

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President Donald Trump underlined 2024 allegations of mortgage fraud against Senator Adam Schiff, said that Schiff denied. (Getty Images)

“I have always suspected that Shifty, Adam Schiff, was a crook,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Tuesday. “And now, I learn that the Fannie Mae’s financial crimes division concluded that Adam Schiff has embarked on a sustained scheme of possible mortgage fraud.”

“Adam Schiff said that his main residence was in Maryland to get a cheaper mortgage and ripped up America, when he had to live in California because he was a member of the California congress. I always knew that Adam Schiff was a crook. Fraud began with the refinancing of his property from Maryland on February 6, 2009, and continued with several transactions.”

Potomac, Maryland, is a suburb of Washington, DC, located a few kilometers from the national capital through the Maryland border.

The Federal Housing Manager submitted a Schiff criminal reference to the DOJ on mortgage documents

Trump and Schiff have long been political enemies, who were underlined in Trump’s first administration when Schiff was the main director of the Chamber during the first indictment against Trump in 2020 and when Schiff has repeatedly promoted affirmations that Trump’s campaign has collus with Russia with Russia

Adam Schiff was senior director at the first accusation trial against Trump in 2020. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)

Fox News Digital brought back the calendar of the Maison du Maryland de Schiff and when the public was informed for the first time in 2023 allegations according to which Schiff claimed a house of more than 3,000 square feet in the suburbs of Washington as a main residence, while taking a tax exemption from a owner in a small condo in his state of original state of California.

Trump accuses the “crook” Schiff of lying on Maryland Home to commit mortgage fraud

Chronology:

• 2003: Congressman of the time, Schiff and his wife, buy a house in Potomac, Maryland, for $ 870,000, and sign a mortgage agreement supported by Fannie MAE for $ 610,000 at a rate of 5.625% over a period of 30 years. The mortgage claims that property was their main and main residence, according to the letter from the FHFA to the Ministry of Justice (DOJ).
• 2009: Schiff buys Burbank, California, condominium, later reported in 2023. Schiff was an American legislator at the time, representing the 29th state district in South California outside Los Angeles.
• 2009; 2011; 2012; 2013: Schiff reaffirms the Potomac, Maryland, at home as a main residence in mortgage refinancing for the years, according to the letter from the FHFA to the Doj.
• 2017: Schiff would pay his land taxes in California with a check showing his Maryland address, CNN reported in 2023.
• 2020: Schiff refinances his mortgage and lists his house in Maryland as a second home.
• June 2022: Schiff displays a photo of him in front of his house in Maryland carrying a “voted” sticker on the day of the Los Angeles Democratic primary for the Town Hall race. He legend the photo on X: “California! Los Angeles! The voters vote!” Schiff’s spokesperson explained to CNN in 2023 that he had voted by mail that year and was in Washington for votes.
• January 2023: Schiff announces the race for the Senate after the Democratic Senator of California at the time, Dianne Feinstein, announced that she would not present herself to re -election.
• November 2023: CNN publishes the first press article detailing that Schiff had claimed the Maison du Maryland as the main residence while taking the tax exemption from an owner on the Condo of Burbank, California. The point of sale said that real estate legal experts revealed that Schiff was “probably not legal in danger” on this subject, but that the question could hinder its electoral efforts with California voters.
• November 2023: The Schiff Senate campaign responds to mortgage claims, saying: “Adam’s main residence is Burbank, California, and will remain so when he wins the Senate’s seat. As Adam has discussed several times over the years, including in his recent New York Times region, he and his wife) have made the difficult decision to move their family to spend more time with his children work.” The campaign added that the two Schiff properties were listed as main residences “for loan because they are both occupied throughout the year and to distinguish them from a vacation property”.
• 2024: Schiff wins the Senate election and Trump won the presidential election.
• May 2025: The director of the FHFA, William Pulte, sends the criminal dismissal to the mortgages and the residence of Schiff to the Attorney General Pam Bondi and to the Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
• July 14, 2025: Pulte receives a memo of the financial crimes of Fannie MAE concluding that Schiff would have engaged in “a supported model of false statement of occupation possible” on five loans Fannie MAE, Fox News Digital learned.
• July 15, 2025: Trump explodes Schiff on Truth Social on mortgage claims, calling the senator as “crook”.
• July 15, 2025: Schiff responds to Trump’s message on X, saying: “This is simply the last attempt at Donald Trump’s political reprisals against his perceived enemies. It is therefore not a surprise, only how weak this false allegation turns out to be weak. And just as Trump can hope for, this defamation does not distract his problem of Epstein files.”

President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with African leaders in the dining room in the White House state on July 9, 2025. (AP photo / Evan VUCCI)

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The survey on mortgages and Schiff’s houses follows a similar mortgage investigation earlier in 2025 focused on the New York Attorney General, Letitia James, who is also a longtime political enemy of Trump. The FHFA sent a criminal referral to the Ministry of Justice in April by arguing that the Attorney General seemed to have falsified mortgage files to obtain more favorable loans.

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At the heart of this case is a house in Norfolk, Virginia, James bought in 2023, which she identified on mortgage documents and a Fannie MAE / Freddie Mac form as a property that would serve as a main residence, according to the letter from the FHFA from April. James is legally held from Living in New York as an elected official on the scale of the State in the State Empire.

Fox News Digital contacted Schiff’s office for additional comments on the issue, but did not immediately receive an answer.

Danielle Wallace of Fox News Digital and Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.