President Donald Trump unleashed on Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) while calling on the “necessary authorities” to investigate him following his Department of Justice’s indictment of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
“The Ukraine Impeachment (of me!) Scam was a far bigger Illegal Hoax than Watergate,” declared Trump in a post on Sunday morning on Truth Social. “I sincerely hope the necessary authorities, including CONGRESS, are looking into this!”
The president then accused Schiff of being “dishonest” and violating “so many laws, and protocols.”
He continued, “Adam ‘Schiffty’ Schiff was sooo dishonest and corrupt. So many laws, and protocols, were violated, and just plain broken!!!”
Trump’s comments came after Comey was indicted last month on charges of making a false statement and obstruction related to his congressional testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2020 regarding the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
James was indicted last week on charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution.
Trump has taken aim at Schiff before.
Last month, Trump reportedly criticized Schiff in a private message to Attorney General Pam Bondi, which he later posted on Truth Social.
“Pam: I have reviewed over 30 statements and posts saying that, essentially, ‘same old story as last time, all talk, no action. Nothing is being done. What about Comey, Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, Leticia???,” he wrote in the Sep. 20 post.
Trump then said Comey, Schiff and James are “all guilty as hell.”
He added, “We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility.”
Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance warned that “there are more indictments coming” while appearing late last month on “Fox News Sunday.”
“There will certainly be more indictments coming over the next three and a half years of the Trump administration, but we’re always going to let the law drive this stuff, and the facts of the case and not political motivations,” Vance said.
Vance then argued to newscaster Martha MacCallum that the impending indictments aren’t being “driven” by politics.
“And to the people that are saying this is all political, if you look at our track record in the Trump administration, there have been people who have been prosecuted who have been political allies who agree with our politics,” Vance said. “We’re not letting politics drive this; we’re letting the requirements of the justice system and the law drive this.”