Newly Revealed Documents Just Complicated Adam Schiff's U.S. Senate Bid

Newly Revealed Documents Just Complicated Adam Schiff's U.S. Senate Bid


A report on Thursday made stunning revelations that will likely put Rep. Adam Schiff’s U.S. Senate bid in jeopardy.

The California Democrat is running for the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s seat, but he faces a competitive primary against fellow Democratic Reps. Katie Porter and Barbara Lee, a race that just got more complicated for him following a CNN report.

The network cited years’ worth of mortgage documents indicating that Schiff listed a 3,420-square-foot home in Maryland as his primary residence, though he also maintains a small 610-square-foot condo in Burbank, Calif.

“At the same time, Schiff has for years taken a homeowner’s tax exemption on a much smaller 650-square-foot condo he owns in Burbank, California, also claiming that home as his primary residence for a reduction in his tax bill of $7,000. He did not take an exemption from his home in Maryland,” the outlet continued.

The network noted further: “While Schiff has signed documents asserting both the Maryland property and the significantly smaller Burbank condo as his primary residences, tax records indicate that he paid his California property taxes in 2017 with a check featuring his Maryland address – the only year he paid with a personal check. And a review of past comments, pictures shared on his public social media, and records indicate Schiff makes his full-time home in Maryland.”

That isn’t likely to sit well with California voters, CNN reported.

CNN noted that deed records show that Schiff, who was first elected to the House in 2000 and who was a regular feature on CNN making false claims about possessing evidence that Donald Trump “colluded” with Russia to “steal” the 2016 election, began listing the Maryland residence as his primary home in 2003. Also, Schiff refinanced the mortgage on his Maryland home in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, once again indicating that it was his primary residence, CNN added.

“Los Angeles County deed records for Schiff’s Burbank condo, purchased in 2009, were notarized in Maryland. On one page of the deed, the state: California and the county: Los Angeles are crossed out and Maryland and Montgomery County are written in. The records also list Schiff’s Maryland home as an address the records are being returned to,” the report said.

CNN added that despite denials from Schiff’s campaign, it seems clear that he spent years raising his family — he has a son and a daughter — in the much larger Maryland residence.


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