_WHAT’S HAPPENING_
Bombshell revelations have surfaced regarding Sen. Adam Schiff's (D-CA) alleged involvement in leaking classified Russiagate information to undermine President Donald Trump.
Whistleblower reports, now declassified by the FBI, claim that Schiff authorized the leaks during his tenure on the House Intelligence Committee. These actions were reportedly intended to bolster the Trump-Russia collusion hoax and “indict” the president.
_THE FACTS_
A Democratic staffer on the House Intelligence Committee informed the FBI that then-Rep. Schiff declared at a staff meeting that the group would leak classified information, which "would be used to indict President Trump."
The Democratic staffer first approached the FBI in 2017 and participated in multiple interviews through 2023 regarding these allegations.
The staffer said Schiff believed Russia had “hijacked the election” and saw leaking classified intelligence as a way to “topple the administration and fix the constitutional crisis.”
Schiff was allegedly furious after Trump’s 2016 win — believing Hillary Clinton would’ve made him CIA Director.
The whistleblower flagged a “particularly sensitive document” viewed by Schiff, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), and staff that hit the press almost word-for-word just 24 hours later.
When the whistleblower raised concerns about legality, they were allegedly reassured that "they would not be caught leaking classified information."
Schiff supposedly believed he was safe from prosecution due to the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause, which protects congressional speech.
Trump’s first-term DOJ officials reportedly agreed and declined to pursue the case.
Schiff's office dismissed the allegations as "baseless smears" from a "disgruntled former staffer" fired "for cause" in 2017.
President Trump had, in 2020, accused Adam Schiff of leaking information about Russian election interference.
_INSIGHTS_
Democrats have long claimed that President Trump was elected with Russia’s help, concocting the Russiagate hoax to help de-legitimize his presidencies. To a degree, it worked: a majority of Democrats believe that Russia stole votes to help the president win in 2016.
A revealing new twist in the Russiagate saga is that Schiff allegedly expected to become CIA Director if Clinton had won in 2016. Leaking classified information to push a false narrative against Trump wasn’t just potentially illegal — it smacks of petty retribution.
This gets at the heart of what has fueled Democratic establishment rage since 2016: that Trump had the audacity to win.
