There seems to be a pattern as far as the residences of prominent Democrats in this country.
Like many well-to-do folks, they own second houses in states other than their ‘home,’ but, unlike the rest of us working slobs, some of them seem like they manage to wangle pretty decent deals on them.
What I mean is that there are indications the paperwork is not always above board in reference to residency requirements. This garners more favorable loan rates, tax breaks for residents as opposed to the part-time most second homeowners have to claim for a beach or lake house, and other sundry advantages one normally equates only with a primary home.
I’ve done a bit of work here covering New York’s State Attorney General Letitia James and the several hot real estate irons she has in the fire, between a townhouse in Brooklyn and a little bungalow in Virginia. Thanks to the hard work of accounting sleuth Sammy Antar, all of these properties have serious, documented issues with paperwork. The problems are leading to serious questions about both James’ culpability for what might be errors, but also question her eligibility to hold office in light of stringent NY state residency requirements and what her Virginia homeowner’s paperwork says.
It’s all the more ironic because the VA property issues are exactly what James cooked up a case on Donald Trump over. So it’s going to be fun watching all of this shake out, and the scrambling to protect her is underway.
What’s kind of wild is how another of the most vocal, deranged, and sanctimonious of the Trump haters has also just been fingered as possibly being cut from that exact mendacious real estate cloth – the newly minted Senator from California, none other than Adam Schiff.
Why, my goodness. This pencil-necked weasel is so holier-than-thou even as he’s repeatedly lied through his yellow toothed sneer. How is this possible?
According to the media, it’s all Revenge of the Trump.
Trump escalates revenge campaign with new attacks on Schiff
President Trump accused Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) of mortgage fraud on Tuesday, calling Schiff a “scam artist” who “needs to be brought to justice.”
Why it matters: Trump’s call for Schiff to be prosecuted is part of a larger pattern of the president seeking retribution against Americans who have spoken out against him.
What he’s saying: Trump wrote on Truth Social that Schiff reported his primary residence incorrectly from 2009 to 2020, which the president called a “sustained pattern of possible Mortgage Fraud.”
- “Adam Schiff said that his primary residence was in MARYLAND to get a cheaper mortgage and rip off America, when he must LIVE in CALIFORNIA because he was a Congressman from CALIFORNIA,” the president wrote. “Mortgage Fraud is very serious, and CROOKED Adam Schiff (now a Senator) needs to be brought to justice.”
Schiff, for his part, has a pathetic public case of ‘Why is everybody always picking on me?‘
…Schiff, who led a House impeachment of Trump during the president’s first term and has remained one of his most vocal and forceful political adversaries since joining the Senate, dismissed the president’s claims as a “baseless attempt at political retribution.”
A spokesperson for Schiff said he has always been transparent about owning two homes, in part to be able to raise his children near him in Washington, and has always followed the law — and advice from House counsel — in arranging his mortgages.
Of course – FOR THE CHILDREN
But, like, hang on a second here. Why would Trump just pull something like that out of a hat?
Well, he actually didn’t.
It turns out that what Schiff has done is own homes in both Burbank, CA, and Maryland, refinanced both several times, and claimed them both as ‘primary’ residences more than once.
UH-OH 🚨
Fannie May financial crimes division has referred it to the @TheJusticeDept
Tens of thousands of dollars
Adam Schiff has committed mortgage fraud according to Seamus Bruner
Adam Schiff faces (30) yrs in prison and millions in fines… who wants to see the max pic.twitter.com/cTBL9u6dgr
— @Chicago1Ray 🇺🇸 (@Chicago1Ray) July 15, 2025
A woman named Christine Bish, who is and has been a candidate for US House CA 6, filed the first complaint after digging through Schiff’s filings back in 2023. She disabused Schiff about his sniveling Trump whining in a Xweet this morning and brought a receipt.
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump just confirmed what I’ve been investigating for years — Adam Schiff’s pattern of fraud is real.
I led this investigation with help from Darren Ellis and podcast host John Stubbins. What we uncovered is deeply disturbing:
🔹 False claims about his… pic.twitter.com/auFAMjqOUP— Christine Bish (@BishForCongress) July 16, 2025
…I led this investigation with help from Darren Ellis and podcast host John Stubbins. What we uncovered is deeply disturbing:
🔹 False claims about his residence
🔹 Potential mortgage, insurance, election, and tax fraud
🔹 A pattern of deception dating back over 20 years
I filed the first complaint in 2023. he House Ethics Committee October 2024 and submitted a complete report with over 300 pages of evidence to the FHFA in April 2025, hoping it would lead to a criminal referral.
That hope was confirmed by President Trump’s public statement.
This isn’t about politics—it’s about honesty and accountability in government.
And this isn’t the first time this question about Schiff’s various homes has arisen. Back again in 2023, even CNN took the time to do some rooting around, information you find buried at the bottom of the LA Times article. But when you read it, you’re like, ‘wait, whut?’ How was all of this okay?
…In 2023, amid a bruising primary race for his Senate seat, CNN reported on Schiff’s two mortgages, citing experts who said the arrangement did not put Schiff in legal jeopardy — even if it could raise tough political questions.
CNN reported that deed records showed Schiff had designated his Maryland home as his primary residence, including while refinancing his mortgage over the years. In 2020, the outlet reported, Schiff again refinanced his mortgage and indicated that the Maryland home was his second.
CNN also reported that Schiff for years has taken a California homeowner’s tax exemption for his Burbank home, also designating it as his primary address. CNN said that exemption amounted to “roughly $70 in annual savings.” Schiff’s spokesperson confirmed that estimate in annual savings in California, and noted that Schiff did not claim such an exemption in Maryland.
I guess because it was Adam Schiff, it was 2023, POTATUS was president, so no chance of an investigation, and only saved Schiff *checks notes* $70. I guess that makes everything okey-dokey.
WHUT
This guest on Ingraham’s show laid out exactly whut CNN and everyone who isn’t a regular citizen subject to mortgage fraud laws knows, reading that couple of damning paragraphs.
“When Trump does it, they make it seem like the biggest deal ever.” — Jonathan Fahey
Fahey exposes the irony of Adam Schiff’s mortgage fraud: “You can’t claim residency in two states—so where was he lying?” pic.twitter.com/5CDXiYYeDe
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) July 15, 2025
And contrary to the LA Times’ assessment of ‘the memo,’ where the paper goes out of its patently obvious way to dismiss ‘fraud’…
…A memorandum reviewed by The Times from Fannie Mae investigators to William J. Pulte, the Trump-appointed director of the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency, does not accuse Schiff of mortgage fraud. It noted that investigators had been asked by the FHFA inspector general’s office for loan files and “any related investigative or quality control documentation” for Schiff’s homes.
Investigators said they found that Schiff at various points identified both his home in Potomac, Md., and a Burbank unit he also owns as his primary residence. As a result, they concluded that Schiff and his wife, Eve, “engaged in a sustained pattern of possible occupancy misrepresentation” on their home loans between 2009 and 2020.
The investigators did not say they had concluded that a crime had been committed, nor did they mention the word “fraud” in the memo.
…there was a criminal referral from Pulte to the DoJ on the 27th of May, which delineates all of the allegations.
Dear Attorney General Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche:
Pursuant to my authority as Director of the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency (“U.S. Federal Housing” or “FHFA”), I am referring the matter below. As regulator of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks, we take very seriously allegations of mortgage fraud or other criminal activity. Such misconduct jeopardizes the safety and soundness of FHFA’s regulated entities and the security and stability of the U.S. mortgage market.
In the course of exercising U.S. Federal Housing’s authorities under the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, U.S. Federal Housing has identified matters that are appropriate for referral to the U.S. Department of Justice for consideration of criminal prosecution.
Based on media reports, Mr. Adam B. Schiff has, in multiple instances, falsified bank documents and property records to acquire more favorable loan terms, impacting payments from 2003-2019 for a Potomac, Maryland-based property.
It only makes things worse that this has been a known issue for at least two years, and Schiff wants to blow it off again, believing his victimhood status will provide cover if he’s found to have broken any of these laws.
One administration official was cautioning the senator to get a grip.
…“It is extremely serious and [Schiff] is not taking it seriously,” said that official — who added that the senator could face a criminal count for each time he paid his monthly mortgage bill.
It sounds like he could be up Schiff’s Creek if he plays this like he usually does.
I’m here for it.
