Trump goes ballistic on top Democrat after seeing 'irrefutable proof' he tried to take him down in leaked plot
'Just out, irrefutable proof that Adam Shifty Schiff 'approved plan to leak classified information to damage Donald Trump,'' the president wrote on Truth Social Wednesday.
He was reacting to reports about a whistleblower alleging that California Sen. Adam Schiff hatched a plan to leak classified intelligence to damage Trump shortly after he first took office in 2017.
The whistleblower claims Schiff personally authorized a plan to selectively leak damaging information about Trump to the media during the FBI 's investigation into the president's possible ties to Russia.
Later in the day, at an event at the Kennedy Center, the president slammed Schiff again.
'I told him (Putin), you know, they got this phony investigation going on. Russia, Russia, Russia. Totally phony, created by Adam Schiff,' the 79-year-old recounted.
'Shifty Schiff and Hillary Clinton and the whole group of them ... made it very dangerous for our country,' the president continued.
'I'm looking at Pam, because I hope something's going to be done about it,' he added. 'Now we've learned all the stuff that's come out over the last two months is incredible, through intelligence. And hopefully something's gonna happen with it.'
A spokesperson for Schiff hit back at the allegations in a statement to the Daily Mail.
'Kash Patel's latest smear against Senator Schiff is absolutely and categorically false, and is just the latest in a series of defamatory attacks from the President and his allies meant to distract from their plummeting poll numbers and the Epstein files scandal,' they said.
'These baseless smears are based on allegations that were found to be not reliable, not credible, and unsubstantiated from a disgruntled former staffer who was fired by the House Intelligence Committee for cause in early 2017, including for harassment and potentially compromising activity on official travel for the Committee.'
New testimony revealed in FBI documents shows that a career Democrat intelligence official believed Schiff's leaking to the press was 'illegal' and 'treasonous,' according to documents first reported by Just the News.
'When working in this capacity, [redacted staffer's name] was called to an all-staff meeting by SCHIFF,' the FBI report said.
'In this meeting, Schiff stated the group would leak classified information which was derogatory to President of the United States Donald J. Trump. Schiff stated the information would be used to indict President Trump.'
The whistleblower gave the testimony at the FBI's St. Louis field office in 2023.
However, according to the outlet, the whistleblower had told FBI officials in Washington as early as 2017 about Schiff's plot.
The whistleblower reportedly said during the meeting, 'this would be illegal and, upon hearing his concerns, unnamed members of the meeting reassured that they would not be caught leaking classified information,' the report states.
According to the testimony, Schiff believed he would be saved from prosecution due to the Constitution's speech and debate clause.
The statute protects members of Congress from legal action for actions taken during their legislative work.
It is unclear whether Attorney General Pam Bondi is working on charges related to Schiff's plan to leak classified material.
Meanwhile, the DOJ is investigating Schiff for mortgage fraud allegations after Trump accused the senator of improper filings, allegations Schiff has said are 'political retaliation.'
Bondi has appointed Ed Martin, the former interim US District Attorney for Washington, DC, as 'special attorney' to probe Schiff and others.
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