President Donald Trump, right, highlighted 2024 allegations of mortgage fraud against Sen. Adam Schiff, claims that Schiff has denied. (Getty Images)
However, Schiff ignored a Fox News Digital reporter who asked him, "Do you have a response to Trump saying you’re guilty of mortgage fraud?"
The Fox News Digital reporter later asked Schiff, "Why did you decide to make your primary residence Maryland for ten years, for a decade, not California? Any comment on Trump accusing you of committing mortgage fraud, sir? Any response?"
Schiff ignored the questions, simply responding, "Have a nice day."
TRUMP CALLS SEN. ADAM SCHIFF A 'SERIOUS LOWLIFE'
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on board Air Force One, en route from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, to Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, on Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
When asked about the accusations later on Tuesday, Trump appeared to soften on the specific accusation.
"I don't know about the individual charge, if that even happened, but Adam Schiff is a serious lowlife," Trump said.
Schiff was not barred from listing the Maryland homes as his primary residence during his term in Congress, since the Constitution only requires that he be an "inhabitant" of California at the time of his election, not throughout his entire service.
However, Schiff cited two residences, one in California and one in Maryland, as his "principal residence" on multiple mortgage and election forms dating back to 2003, Just the News reported in October.
GAVIN NEWSOM ‘DETRANSITIONED’ CALIFORNIA FROM BEING THE RICHEST TO THE POOREST
Then-House lawmaker, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., listens during a committee hearing in an investigation into the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. ( Jack Gruber-USA TODAY)
In at least three cases — in 2009, 2011 and 2013 — Schiff refinanced his Maryland home and declared it his "principal residence," while also listing his Burbank, California condo as his primary residence in separate financing documents, the outlet reported. He then changed the notations on his Maryland mortgage to be a secondary residence.
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The pattern was first detected by Christine Bish, a Sacramento-based real estate investigator who ran for Congress as a Republican last year. She filed an ethics complaint against Schiff in Congress.
Schiff said Trump's comments were the latest attempt at political retaliation against his perceived enemies and said it would not distract from "his Epstein files problem."
"Since I led his first impeachment, Trump has repeatedly called for me to be arrested for treason," Schiff wrote on X. "So in a way, I guess this is a bit of a letdown. And this baseless attempt at political retribution won’t stop me from holding him accountable. Not by a long shot."
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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