Trump Calls for Schiff To Be Jailed Over Mortgage Fraud: ‘Big Trouble’

President Donald Trump has escalated his attacks on California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff, insisting on his imprisonment for alleged mortgage fraud.

In a Truth Social post on Sunday night, the president accused Schiff of fabricating loan paperwork, claiming the senator was in “BIG TROUBLE” and should “pay the price of prison.”

Trump and Schiff have had a tense relationship since the former’s first administration, and Schiff has been a vocal opponent of the president. While in the House of Representatives, Schiff was in the forefront of investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. He also played a significant part in the president’s first impeachment in 2019.

Trump’s call for Schiff to be imprisoned is part of a larger pattern in which the president uses his position and influence to pursue political opponents, particularly those involved in previous investigations against him.